Zephaniah 1:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punishc the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. ”

Zephaniah 1:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will punish - (Literally, visit upon). God seems oftentimes to be away from His own world. People plot, design, say, in word or in deed, “who is Lord over us?” God is, as it were, a stranger in...
Zephaniah 1:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with (d) strange apparel. (d) Meaning, the courtier...
Zephaniah 1:8 - 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 1:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the day of the Lord's sacrifice. See notes on Isaiah 2:12 ; Isaiah 13:6 . day. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the judgments executed in it. punish . visit upon....
Zephaniah 1:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. I will punish the princes, and...
Zephaniah 1:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. I will punish the p...
Zephaniah 1:8 - 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 1:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(7-13) The judgment, in reference to its objects.
Zephaniah 1:8 - 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 1:8 - 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 1:8 - 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 1:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

O "Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. (8) And it shall come to pass in the day of the...
Zephaniah 1:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord's sacrifice ,.... When the above sacrifice prepared shall be offered, and the slaughter of his people made, when his wrath shall be poured out upon t...
Zephaniah 1:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. Ver. 8. And it shall come to...
Zephaniah 1:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In that day I will punish the princes and the king's children In 2 Kings 25:7 ; 2 Kings 25:21 , we read of the fulfilling of both these particulars; the sons of King Zedekiah, and the principal...
Zephaniah 1:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgment Predicted. B. C. 612. 7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord G OD : for...
Zephaniah 1:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It shall come to pass; it shall most certainly be fulfilled what I threaten I will most surely execute. In the day of the Lord's sacrifice; of slaughter to be made by the Babylonians, called here...
Zephaniah 1:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Day of YHWH Against Judah and Jerusalem ( Zephaniah 1:7-18 ). Zephaniah 1:7 ‘Hold your peace at the presence of the Lord YHWH. For the day of YHWH is at hand. For YHWH has prepared a sacr...
Zephaniah 1:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Zephaniah 1:7 .] Judgment speedily comes. Hold ] A summons to silent submission ( Habakkuk 2:20 ); the reason given, the day near. Sacrifice ] of victims of justice ( Isaiah...
Zephaniah 1:8 - 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 1:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

The day of the Lord is at hand. The day of war, the day of horrors The war day is represented here-- I. As a day of enormous sacrifice. 1. Sacrifice of life. Among several classes. (1)...
Zephaniah 1:8 - 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 1:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Nature of the Judgment
Zephaniah 1:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 10:22 ; 2 Kings 23:30-34 ; 2 Kings 24:12 ; 2 Kings 24:13 ; 2 Kings 25:19-21 ; 2 Kings 25:6 ; 2 Kings 25:7 ; Deuteronomy 22:5 ; Isaiah 10:12 ; Isaiah 24:21 ; Isaiah 3:18-24 ; Isaia...
Zephaniah 1:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The princes — The great ones, who dreamed of shifting better than others, but fell with the first, 2 Kings 25:19-21 . Children — Sons and grand — children, Josiah: Jehoahaz died a captive in Egypt...

Zephaniah 1:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Zephaniah 1:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zephaniah 1:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zephaniah 1:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 1:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zephaniah 1:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zephaniah 1:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zephaniah 1:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zephaniah 1:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zephaniah 1:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 1:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zephaniah 1:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 1:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zephaniah 1:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zephaniah 1:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zephaniah 1:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zephaniah 1:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes