Zephaniah 1:8

Zephaniah 1:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
• New International Version (NIV)“On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice I will punish the officials and the king’s sons and all those clad in foreign clothes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And on the day of the Lord's sacrifice— "I will punish the officials and the king's sons and all who array themselves in foreign attire.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And it shall be, In the day of the Lord’s sacrifice, That I will punish the princes and the king’s children, And all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.

Context of Zephaniah 1:8

6And those who have turned back from following the Lord, And those who have not sought the Lord [as their most important need] or inquired of Him.” 7[Hush!] Be silent before the Lord God [there is no acceptable excuse to offer]! For the day [of the vengeance] of the Lord is near, For the Lord has prepared a sacrifice (Judah), He has set apart [for His use] those who have accepted His invitation [the Chaldeans who rule Babylon]. “Then it will come about on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice That I will punish the princes and the king’s sons And all who are clothed in [lavish] foreign apparel [reflecting their paganism]. 9On that day I will also punish all those who leap over the temple threshold, Who fill their [pagan] lord’s temple with violence and deceit. 10On that day,” declares the Lord, “There will be the sound of crying from the Fish (Damascus) Gate [in the northern wall of Jerusalem where invaders enter] And wailing from the Second Quarter [of the city], And a loud crash from the hills.

Zephaniah 1:8 word by word

וְהָיָ֗ה בְּיוֹם֙ זֶ֣בַח יְהוָ֔ה וּפָקַדְתִּ֥י עַל־הַשָּׂרִ֖ים וְעַל־בְּנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְעַ֥ל כָּל־הַלֹּבְשִׁ֖ים מַלְבּ֥וּשׁ נָכְרִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it shall come to pass in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the Lord’sיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• sacrificeזֶ֫בַחzebach · sacrificeH2077
• that I will punishפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• the princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• and the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and all such as are clothedלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847
• with strangeנׇכְרִיnokrîy · foreignH5237
• apparelמַלְבּוּשׁmalbûsh malbûsh · garmentH4403

Cross-references for Zephaniah 1:8

• Isaiah 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work [of judgment] on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the fruit [the thoughts, the declarations, and the actions] of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the haughtiness of his pride.”
• Isaiah 24:21So it will happen in that day That the Lord will visit and punish the host (fallen angels) of heaven on high, And the kings of the earth on the earth.
• 2 Kings 23:30Josiah’s servants carried his dead body in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in his father’s place.
• 2 Kings 24:12Jehoiachin king of Judah surrendered to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his [palace] officials. So the king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his [own] reign.
• 2 Kings 25:6So they seized the king (Zedekiah) and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah [on the Orontes River], and sentence was passed on him.
• Isaiah 39:7‘And some of your own sons (descendants) who will come from you, whom you will father, will be taken away, and they will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’ ”
• Jeremiah 22:11For thus says the Lord in regard to Shallum (Jehoahaz) the [third] son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father and who went from this place, “Shallum will not return here anymore;
• Jeremiah 39:6Then at Riblah the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; the king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of Judah.
• Deuteronomy 22:5“A woman shall not wear a man’s clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is utterly repulsive to the Lord your God.
• 2 Kings 10:22He said to the man in charge of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the worshipers of Baal.” And he brought the garments out to them.
• Isaiah 3:18In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, [braided] caps, crescent [head] ornaments,

Commentaries on Zephaniah 1:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8I will punish the princes, and the king's children - After the death of Josiah the kingdom of Judah saw no prosperity, and every reign terminated miserably; until at last King Zedekiah and the king's children were cruelly massacred at Riblah, when Nebuchadnezzar had taken Jerusalem. Strange apparel - I really think this refers more to their embracing idolatrous customs and heathen usages, than to their changing their dress. They acquired new habits, as we…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8I will punish - (Literally, visit upon). God seems oftentimes to be away from His own world. People plot, design, say, in word or in deed, “who is Lord over us?” God is, as it were, a stranger in it, or as a man, who hath “taken a journey into afar country.” God uses our own language to us. “I will visit,” inspecting (so to say), examining, sifting, reviewing, and when man‘s sins require it, allowing the weight of His displeasure to fall upon them. The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 God's day is at hand; the punishment of presumptuous sinners is a sacrifice to the justice of God. The Jewish royal family shall be reckoned with for their pride and vanity; and those that leap on the threshold, invading their neighbours' rights, and seizing their possessions. The trading people and the rich merchants are called to account. Secure and careless people are reckoned with. They are secure and easy; they say in their heart, the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The leaders and princes of Judah were: the tribal chiefs of Israel (Numbers 1:4), court officials (1 Chronicles 22:17), district supervisors (1 Kings 20:14–15), city officials (Judges 8:6), military leaders (1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 1:9–14; 25:23, 26), or even religious leaders (Ezra 8:24). Their important roles gave them great responsibility before God (see James 3:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. the princes--who ought to have been an example of good to others, but were ringleaders in all evil. the king's children--fulfilled on Zedekiah's children (Jr 39:6); and previously, on Jehoahaz and Eliakim, the sons of Josiah (2Ki 23:31, 36; 2Ch 36:6; compare also 2Ki 20:18; 21:13). Huldah the prophetess (2Ki 22:20) intimated that which Zephaniah now more expressly foretells. all such as are clothed with strange apparel--the princes or courtiers who…Read the comment

Topics related to Zephaniah 1:8

• Day
• Dress
• Rulers
• Sacrifices
• War

In the dictionaries

• Crashing
• Dress
• Wasteness
• Apparel
• Jerahmeel; Jerahmeelites
• Molech; Moloch
• Zephaniah, Book of

Commentaries on Zephaniah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings