Zephaniah 1:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him. ”

Zephaniah 1:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And them that are turned back from - (Literally, have turned themselves back from following after) the Lord From this half-service, the prophet goes on to the avowed neglect of God, by such as wh...
Zephaniah 1:6 - 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 1:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

from . from after. sought... enquired. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 4:29 , where the two Hebrew verbs are in the same order, and are rendered "seek... seek"). App-92. LORD. Hebrew. J...
Zephaniah 1:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet seems here to include, as it were, in one bundle, the proud despisers of God, as well as those idolaters of whom he had spoken. It may yet be, that he describes the same persons in...
Zephaniah 1:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him. Them that are turned back - Who have forsaken the true God, and become idolaters. Nor in...
Zephaniah 1:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inq...
Zephaniah 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And them that are turned back from the Lord ,.... Who once were worshippers of him, but now become apostates, and had turned their backs on him and his worship. Some think this describes those who r...
Zephaniah 1:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And them that are turned back from the LORD; and [those] that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him. Ver. 6. And them that are turned back from the Lord ] Not gross idolaters, but yet tre...
Zephaniah 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Them that are turned back; apostates, who have forsaken the Lord and his worship, or that are turned atheists, or that in matter of religion have taken up not what is purest and truest, but what is...
Zephaniah 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Nature of the Judgment
Zephaniah 1:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 15:11 ; 2 Peter 2:18-22 ; Ezekiel 3:20 ; Hebrews 10:38 ; Hebrews 10:39 ; Hebrews 2:3 ; Hosea 11:7 ; Hosea 4:15 ; Hosea 4:16 ; Hosea 7:7 ; Isaiah 1:4 ; Isaiah 43:22 ; Jeremiah 15...

Zephaniah 1:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zephaniah 1:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zephaniah 1:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zephaniah 1:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zephaniah 1:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zephaniah 1:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zephaniah 1:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zephaniah 1:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zephaniah 1:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zephaniah 1:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zephaniah 1:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge