Zephaniah 2:14

Amos 9:1; Isaiah 13:19-22; Isaiah 34:11-17; Jeremiah 22:14; Revelation 18:2; Zephaniah 2:6

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her - No desolation is like that of decayed luxury. It preaches the nothingness of man, the fruitlessne...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the (h) cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

all . all kinds of. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), App-6. upper lintels . chapiters, or carved capitals. cedar work: i.e. the wainsc...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet describes here the state of the city and the desolation of the country. He says, that the habitations of flocks would be in the mid...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And flocks shall lie down, &c.— And flocks of every kind of animals shall lie down in the midst of her: both the pelican and the porcupine sha...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels...
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

(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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Both the cormorant .... — Better, Both the pelican and the hedgehog shall lodge on her pillar capitals, these lying strewn upon the ground. Thei...
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

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her ,.... In the midst of the city of Nineveh; in the streets of it, where houses stood, and people in gre...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of...
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 jus...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ethiopia and Assyria Threatened. B. C. 612....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nineveh shall be so razed that flocks of cattle shall lie down in the midst of it, as before of the Philistines, Zephaniah 2:6 . All the beasts o...
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...
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...
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

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...
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

The Door of Moab, Amman, and Assyria
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, the former great city had been leveled to the ground and reverted back to a pasture-ground, all the b...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

All the beasts — All sorts of beasts which are found in those countries. The bittern — A bird that delights in desolate places.

¹⁴ And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorantc and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.

Related Commentaries of Zephaniah 2:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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)

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Zephaniah 2:14