Zephaniah 1:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

The voice of the day of the Lord - i:e., Yahweh ushering in that day with a roar of vengeance against the guilty (Jeremiah 25:30; Amos 1:2, "The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem"). They who will not now heed (Zephaniah 1:12) His voice by His prophets, must heed it when uttered by the avenging foe.

The mighty man shall cry there bitterly - in hopeless despair; the might on which Jerusalem now prides itself shall then fail utterly.

Zephaniah 1:14

14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.