Zephaniah 2:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. ”

Zephaniah 2:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zephaniah began by singling out Judah amid the general destruction, “I will also stretch out My Hand upon Judah” Zephaniah 1:4 ; he sums up the judgment of the world in the same way; “He will stre...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And He. See note on "For", Zephaniah 2:4 . stretch out His hand. Idiom for executing judgment. the north: i.e. against Assyria, because although west of Canaan, the road and entrance was by...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet proceeds here to the Assyrians, whom we know to have been special enemies to the Church of God. For the Moabites and the Ammonites were fans only, as we have elsewhere seen, as they...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. He will - destroy Assyria - He will overthrow the empire, and...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Will make Nineveh a desolation— Dr. Prideaux observes, that, Chyniladanus being king of the Assyrian and Babylonian empire, Nabopolassar his general took the latter from him, in the sixteenth year...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and d...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jehovah's impending Judgment upon Judah's Neighbours and Foes The universal note which is struck in Zechariah 1:2-3 is now further amplified. Jehovah's agents of punishment, the Scythians, shall...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(4-15) Jehovah’s chastisement of foreign powers. These Divine visitations are introduced somewhat abruptly. The connection is perhaps that they are intended to lead God’s people to repent, and put th...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

NINIVE DELENDA Zephaniah 2:4-15 THERE now come a series of articles on foreign nations, connected with the previous prophecy by the conjunction for, and detailing the worldwide judgment which i...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Meekness Saves, Pride Destroys Zephaniah 2:1-15 The nation, on the whole, had no remorse, no desire for God; but there were a few meek and lowly souls, and the hope was held out to them that th...
Zephaniah 2:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After this declaration, the prophet uttered his great appeal, first to the nation as a whole, calling on it to pull itself together before the opportunity for repentance should pass, before the hour...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. (9) Therefore as I live, saith t...
Zephaniah 2:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he will stretch out his hand against the north ,.... Either the Lord, or Nebuchadnezzar his sword; who, as he would subdue the nations that lay southward, he would lead his army northward agains...
Zephaniah 2:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, [and] dry like a wilderness. Ver. 13. And he will stretch out his hand against the nort...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he will stretch out his hand against the north Nor will the southern nations only be punished, but judgments will be executed by the divine justice on the nations lying toward the north; and w...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ethiopia and Assyria Threatened. B. C. 612. 12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And he, the Lord God of Israel, or the Chaldean monarch as God's servant herein, will stretch out his hand, engage all his power, and use it to the utmost, against the north, i.e. as follows, Ass...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Assyrians ( Zephaniah 2:13-15 ). Zephaniah 2:13-14 ‘And he will stretch out his hand against the north, And destroy Assyria, And he will make Nineveh a desolation, And dry like the wilde...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Zephaniah 2:13 .) The prophet dwells longer on the heathen power of the north, the Assyrian kingdom with its capital, Nineveh, because Assyria was then the imperial power, see...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

Nineveh ( See Scofield) - ( Nahum 1:1 ).
Zephaniah 2:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 2:1 . Gather yourselves together, for fasting and prayer, oh nation not desired, whose practices are lothed and abhorred; a nation whom God will not own as his chosen people. Zephani...
Zephaniah 2:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

He will stretch out His hand against the north. National pride and national ruin Two facts are suggested-- I. That men are often prone to pride themselves on the greatness of their country....
Zephaniah 2:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION. Verse 2:1-3:8 Part II . EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE AND TO PERSEVERANCE . Zephaniah 2:1-36 § 1. The prophet urges all to examine their ways before the day of the L...
Zephaniah 2:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Door of Moab, Amman, and Assyria
Zephaniah 2:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 31:3-18 ; Isaiah 10:12 ; Isaiah 10:16 ; Isaiah 11:11 ; Nahum 1:1 ; Nahum 2:10 ; Nahum 2:11 ; Nahum 3:15 ; Nahum 3:18 ; Nahum 3:19 ; Nahum 3:7 ; Psalms 83:8 ; Psalms 83:9 ; Zecha...
Zephaniah 2:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He — God. The north — Assyria, which lay northward of Judea, and due north from Babylon.

Zephaniah 2:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 2:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zephaniah 2:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 2:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 2:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Zephaniah 2:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 2:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 2:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zephaniah 2:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zephaniah 2:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zephaniah 2:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 2:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zephaniah 2:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zephaniah 2:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zephaniah 2:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 2:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zephaniah 2:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zephaniah 2:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 2:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zephaniah 2:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

Zephaniah 2:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 2:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zephaniah 2:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zephaniah 2:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zephaniah 2:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zephaniah 2:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes