Zephaniah 1:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; ”

Zephaniah 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And them that worship the best of heaven upon the - (flat) housetops This was fulfilled by Josiah who destroyed “the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz” 2 Kings 23:12 . Jer...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship [and] that swear by the LORD, and that swear by (c) Malcham; (c) He alludes to their idol Molech, which was forbidd...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Doom of Judah and Jerusalem. Zephaniah 1:2-6 . Riding as it were on the crest of a tidal wave of destruction, which sweeps off man and beast from the face of the ground, Yahweh stretches His...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

worship the host of heaven. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 4:19 ; Deuteronomy 17:3 ). App-92. Compare 2 Kings 23:11 ; 2 Kings 23:12 . Jeremiah 19:13 . Malcham . king-god, or king-idol....
Zephaniah 1:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah pursues the subject contained in the verse I explained yesterday. For as the majority of the people still adhered to their superstitions, though the pure worship of the law had been r...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; The host of heaven - Sun, moon, planets, and stars. This wo...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And them that worship, and that swear, &c.— And those worshippers, who, when they swear by the Lord, swear also by Melchom; that is to say, who would unite together the worship of Jehovah, an...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; And them that worship the host of heaven - Saba: when...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Day of Jehovah a Day of Judgment for guilty Judah The prophecy opens with the declaration of universal destruction for all living things. In his way the prophet impresses upon his hearers th...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(1-6) Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem is impending on account of a religious apostacy of manifold forms and degrees. The wide range of this judgment.
Zephaniah 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE PROPHET AND THE REFORMERS Zephaniah 1:1-18 - Zephaniah 2:3 TOWARDS the year 625, when King Josiah had passed out of his minority, and was making his first efforts at religious reform, pro...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Great Day of the Lord” Zephaniah 1:1-18 Zephaniah means hidden of the Lord. He lived in Josiah's reign, and cooperated with that king in his efforts to put down idolatry. His prophecy deal...
Zephaniah 1:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first movement of the prophecy is the prophet's declaration of the coming judgment of Jehovah. This he announced in general terms, then described more particularly its procedure and character. T...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

O "I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD. (3) I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks wi...
Zephaniah 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And upon them that worship the host of heaven upon the house tops ,.... The sun, moon, and stars, which some worshipped upon their house tops; the roofs of their houses being flat, as the roofs of t...
Zephaniah 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship [and] that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; Ver. 5. And them that worship the host of heaven upon th...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will also stretch out my hand upon Judah I will manifest my power upon Judah, as I have done upon Israel. And I will cut off the remnant of Baal The altars, or places of worship, dedicated to B...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgment Predicted. B. C. 612. 1 The word of the L ORD which came unto Zephaniah the so...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And them that worship; those among the people that adhered to this idolatry. The host of heaven; the sun, moon, and stars, frequently in the Scripture called the host of heaven. Upon the house-t...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Particular Judgment Will At This Time Be Applied To Judah and Jerusalem ( Zephaniah 1:4-6 ). Zephaniah 1:4-6 “And I will stretch out my hand on Judah, And on all the inhabitants of Jerus...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Zephaniah 1:4 .] Judgment, especially upon Judah. Stretch ] Not only threaten, but exert power to injury. Remnant ] Statues, images dedicated to Baal, domestic and tutelary...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

Malcham An idol of the Ammonites, same as Molech, or Milcom.
Zephaniah 1:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:1 . The Word of the Lord came to Zephaniah. The glorious person of Christ, the Word and Wisdom of God; so indeed is the oft-repeated gloss of the Chaldaic in all the book of Chronicles...
Zephaniah 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah. The Word I. THE DISTINGUISHING CAPACITY OF MAN, AND THE WONDERFUL CONDESCENSION OF GOD. 1. The distinguishing capacity of man. To receive the...
Zephaniah 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION. Zephaniah 1:1-36 Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON ALL THE WORLD , AND UPON JUDAH IN PARTICULAR . Zephaniah 1:1 § 1. Title and inscription. The word of the...
Zephaniah 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Nature of the Judgment
Zephaniah 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 11:33 ; 1 Kings 18:21 ; 2 Kings 17:33 ; 2 Kings 17:41 ; 2 Kings 23:12 ; Amos 5:26 ; Deuteronomy 10:20 ; Hosea 4:15 ; Isaiah 44:5 ; Isaiah 45:23 ; Isaiah 48:1 ; Jeremiah 19:13 ; J...
Zephaniah 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

House — tops — On the flat roofs of their houses. And that swear — That mixt idol — worship, and the worship of the true God; that devote themselves to God, and Baal, or Malchim, that is, Moloch.

Zephaniah 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Zephaniah 1:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zephaniah 1:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Zephaniah 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zephaniah 1:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zephaniah 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zephaniah 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zephaniah 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zephaniah 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zephaniah 1:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

Zephaniah 1:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zephaniah 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zephaniah 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zephaniah 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zephaniah 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes