Zephaniah 2:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. ”

Zephaniah 2:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The seacoast shall be dwellings and cottages - o , literally, cuttings or diggings. This is the central meaning of the word; the place of the Cherethites (the cutters off) shall be “cheroth” of...
Zephaniah 2:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 2. Doom on Philistia [Moab and Ammon], Ethiopia, and Assyria. Zephaniah 2:1-7 . Having spent its rage on Judah, the storm of Divine judgment sweeps south by the Philistian sea-board, up...
Zephaniah 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

dwellings . pastures. cottages . pens.
Zephaniah 2:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet confirms what he has before said respecting the future vengeance of God, which was now nigh at hand to the Moabites and other neighboring nations, who had been continually harassing...
Zephaniah 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. And the sea-coasts shall be dwellings - Newcome considers כרת keroth as a proper name, not cottages or folds....
Zephaniah 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, х nªwot ( H5116 ) kªrot ( H374...
Zephaniah 2:6 - 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 2:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(4-7) The sentence against the great Philistine strongholds.
Zephaniah 2:6 - 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, pr...
Zephaniah 2:6 - 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 2:6 - 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 2:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. (5) Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Che...
Zephaniah 2:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘THE RESTING FLOCK AT EVENTIDE’ ‘The sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed th...
Zephaniah 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds ,.... That tract of land which lay on the coast of the Mediterranean sea, inhabited by the Philistines, should now become so desolat...
Zephaniah 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. Ver. 6. And the sea coasts shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds ] It shall be waste and untilled,...
Zephaniah 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For Gaza shall be forsaken The prophet digresses here to foretel the fate of some cities and nations bordering on Judea; probably with a view to show that when Judea should be invaded, and Jerusale...
Zephaniah 2:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Punishment of the Philistines. B. C. 612. 4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkel...
Zephaniah 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This confirms the former, tells us what shall be in those parts; instead of cities full of rich citizens, there shall be cottages for shepherds watching over their flocks.
Zephaniah 2:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Philistines ( Zephaniah 2:4-7 ). Zephaniah 2:4-5 ‘For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up. Woe to the inha...
Zephaniah 2:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Zephaniah 2:4 . For ] The punishment of neighbouring states a warning. Five nations, from all quarters of the earth, to indicate universality of judgment. Gaza ] and cities of...
Zephaniah 2:6 - 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 2:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

For Gaza shall be forsaken. The sinner’s baleful influence, and God’s disposal of all I. The calamities falling upon one sinner often involve others. The ruin of the Hebrew nation would be most...
Zephaniah 2:6 - 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 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Exhortation and the Doom of the Philistines
Zephaniah 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 25:5 ; Isaiah 17:2 ; Zephaniah 2:14 ; Zephaniah 2:15
Zephaniah 2:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For shepherds — Instead of cities full of rich citizens, there shall be only cottages for shepherds.

Zephaniah 2:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 2:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zephaniah 2:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zephaniah 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 2:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 2:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zephaniah 2:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zephaniah 2:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zephaniah 2:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zephaniah 2:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zephaniah 2:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Zephaniah 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zephaniah 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zephaniah 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 2:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zephaniah 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zephaniah 2:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zephaniah 2:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zephaniah 2:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 2:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zephaniah 2:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zephaniah 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zephaniah 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zephaniah 2:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes