Nineveh
( See Scofield) - (Nahum 1:1).
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 ju...
And He. See note on "For", Zephaniah 2:4 . stretch out His hand. Idiom for executing judgment. the north: i.e. against Assyria, because alth...
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...
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 - d...
Will make Nineveh a desolation— Dr. Prideaux observes, that, Chyniladanus being king of the Assyrian and Babylonian empire, Nabopolassar his genera...
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...
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. Je...
(4-15) Jehovah’s chastisement of foreign powers. These Divine visitations are introduced somewhat abruptly. The connection is perhaps that they are i...
(13-15) The sentence against Assyria in the north. This was fulfilled as early as B.C. 625, when Nineveh was taken and destroyed by the Medes and Bab...
NINIVE DELENDA Zephaniah 2:4-15 THERE now come a series of articles on foreign nations, connected with the previous prophecy by the conjunction...
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 lowl...
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 opport...
"I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves agai...
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...
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 north Nor will the southern nations only be punished, but judgments will be executed by the divine jus...
Ethiopia and Assyria Threatened. B. C. 612....
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 t...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Zephaniah 2:13 .) The prophet dwells longer on the heathen power of the north, the Assyrian kingdom with its capital, Nineveh...
Zephaniah 2:1 . Gather yourselves together, for fasting and prayer, oh nation not desired, whose practices are lothed and abhorred; a nation who...
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 pr...
EXPOSITION. Verse 2:1-3:8 Part II . EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE AND TO PERSEVERANCE . Zephaniah 2:1-36 § 1. The prophet urges...
The Door of Moab, Amman, and Assyria
And He will stretch out His hand against the North, and destroy Assyria, powerful though it was at that time, and will make Nineveh, the capital of...
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 ;...
He — God. The north — Assyria, which lay northward of Judea, and due north from Babylon.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.