Zephaniah 2:8

I have heard. Supply the logical Ellipsis (App-6): "[My judgment shall come upon Moab], for. have heard", &c, as in Zephaniah 2:8, &c.

Moab. Compare Isaiah 1. and Isaiah 16; Jeremiah 48; Amos 2:1-3.

children. sons.

Ammon. Compare Jeremiah 49:1-6; Amos 1:13-15.

reproached. See Judges 11:12-28.

Related Commentaries of Zephaniah 2:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I - Dionysius: “God, Who know all things, “I heard” that is, have known within Me, in My mind, not anew but from eternity, and now I shew in effe...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and (f) magnified [themselves]...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Into the natural context of the passage a later writer has woven a prophecy of vengeance on Moab and Ammon for their revilings and insults heaped upo...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet confirms what I have just said of God’s vengeance against foreign enemies. Though all the neighboring nations had been eager in the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves aga...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the re...
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. Je...
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 i...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Reproach. — i.e., abusive speech, or offensive design expressed in words. Balak’s appeal to Balaam, “Come, curse me this people,” at once suggest...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(8-11) The sentence against Moab and Ammon, the descendants of Lot and the enemies of God’s people, even in the post-exilic period, comp. Nehemiah 2...
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 wa...
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...
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 lowl...
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 opport...
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 agai...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon ,.... Two people that descended from Lot, through incest with his daug...
John Trapp Complete 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] aga...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of Ammon These countries were destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, about five years after the destruct...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Punishment of Various Nations. B. C. 612....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I have heard: either the prophet for himself, or for the people, speaks this; or else, more likely, in the name of God, assures the Jews that God h...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Moab and Ammon ( Zephaniah 2:8-11 ). Zephaniah 2:8 “I have heard the reproach of Moab, And the revilings of the children of Ammon, With which...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Zephaniah 2:8 . Moab ] and Ammon rejoiced in the calamity of the Jews. Compare parallel prophecies against Moab (Isaiah 15, 16...
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 who...
The Biblical Illustrator

I have heard the reproach of Moab. The persecution of the good I. That good men are often subject to annoyances from the ungodly world. “I have...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I have heard the reproach of Moab, Cf Jeremiah 48:27 , and the revilings of the children of Amman, the two nations east of Jordan and of the Dead...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Door of Moab, Amman, and Assyria
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 1:13 ; Ezekiel 25:3-7 ; Ezekiel 25:8-11 ; Ezekiel 36:2 ; Jeremiah 48:27-29 ; Jeremiah 49:1 ; Psalms 83:4-7
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I — God. Magnified themselves — Invading their frontiers.

⁸ 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.

Related Commentaries of Zephaniah 2:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Zephaniah 2:8