Zephaniah 3:1

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! Wo to her that is filthy - This is a denunciation of Divine judgment against Jerusalem.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “woe,” having gone round the pagan nations, again circles round where it began, the “Jerusalem that killed the prophets and stoned those that w...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing (a) city! (a) That is, Jerusalem.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Sin of Jerusalem contrasted with the Righteousness of Yahweh. From scenes of doom and desolation we are now led back in thought to the sins tha...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Woe . Alas for! See note on "For", Zephaniah 2:4 . her: i.e. Jerusalem. See the Structure, p. 1272. filthy . rebellious. polluted. Hebrew....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet speaks here again against Jerusalem; for first, the Jews ought ever to have been severely reproved, as they were given to many sins...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Woe to her that is filthy, &c.— Woe to her that provoketh wrath, and is defiled; to the oppressed city; or city of oppressors. Zephaniah 3...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! Woe to her that is filthy. Maurer translates, from a different root [mowrª'aa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Her that is filthy and polluted ] evidently Jerusalem. The cause is the crimes of her civil and religious leaders. 3. They gnaw not the bones till...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Judgment upon the Evil Rulers of Jerusalem, and its ultimate Purification and Restoration Like Amos and Micah, the prophet sternly denounces t...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

III. (1-4) The prophet denounces the corruption and moral obduracy which characterise all classes in Jerusalem. This denunciation comes in with st...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

SO AS BY FIRE Zephaniah 3:1-20 THE third chapter of the Book of Zephaniah consists of two sections, of which only the first, Zephaniah 3:1-13...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Fullness of Salvation Zephaniah 3:1-20 The sins of Jerusalem , Zephaniah 3:1-7 . Uninfluenced by judgments upon other nations, Jerusalem pur...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this chapter the prophet yet more clearly set forth the sin of the people, and spoke of the hopelessness of the case from the human standpoint. Th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This Chapter opens in sharp reproofs to Jerusalem, but ends in blessed promises. It contains much of Gospel mercies, and sweetly points to...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! (2) She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LO...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Woe to her that is filthy, and polluted ,.... Meaning the city of Jerusalem, and its inhabitants; not as before the Babylonish captivity, but after...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! Ver. 1. Woe to her that is filthy and polluted ] Meaning Jerusalem, once a faithfu...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wo to her that is filthy (Bishop Newcome reads, rebellious , and the Vulgate, provoking, ) and polluted That is, defiled with various crimes;...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Depravity of Jerusalem. B. C. 612. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ZEPHANIAH CHAPTER 3 A sharp reproof of Jerusalem for divers sins, Zephaniah 3:1-7 . An exhortation to wait for the restoration of Israel Zepha...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Condition of Judah and Jerusalem ( Zephaniah 3:1-7 ). Zephaniah 3:1-2 ‘Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, To the oppressing city....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Woe ] to Jerusalem; others, Nineveh. Filthy ] From a word, to straighten oneself; hence, to rebel, to be refractory. Zephaniah...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zephaniah 3:1 . Woe to the oppressing city, to Jerusalem, now polluted with every crime, and every year growing a carcase for the eagles. Zephan...
The Biblical Illustrator

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! A religious city terribly degenerate I. A professedly religious city terribly...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION. Zephaniah 3:1-36 § 6. The prophet turns to Jerusalem, and warns her that, if God punishes the heathen, he will not spare the ha...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, stubborn and full of uncleanness, to the oppressing city where violence against the weak and downtrodden wa...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Obduracy of the Capital City
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 3:9 ; Amos 4:1 ; Ezekiel 22:29 ; Ezekiel 22:7 ; Isaiah 30:12 ; Isaiah 5:7 ; Isaiah 59:13 ; Jeremiah 22:17 ; Jeremiah 6:6 ; Leviticus 1...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To her — Jerusalem.

¹ Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

Related Commentaries of Zephaniah 3:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

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 3:1