Bible Strong
Explore
Open the app
Zephaniah 1

Zephaniah

NASB2020

Français

English

Original languages and others

Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

ModeText only

Reading mode

New American Standard Bible 2020

Zephaniah 1:5-18

5And those who bow down on the 1housetops to the heavenly 2lights, And those who bow down and 3swear to the Lord, but also swear by 45Milcom,6And those who have 6turned back from following the Lord, And those who have 7not sought the Lord nor inquired of Him.”

789Be silent before the Lord 10God! For the 11day of the Lord is near, Because the Lord has prepared a 12sacrifice, He has 13consecrated His guests.8“Then it will come about on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice That I will 14punish the princes, the king’s sons, And all who clothe themselves with 15foreign garments.9And on that day I will punish all who leap on the temple threshold, Who fill the house of their 16lord with 17violence and deceit.10And on that day,” declares the Lord, “There will be the sound of a cry from the 18Fish Gate, Wailing from the 1920Second Quarter, And a loud crash from the 21hills.11Wail, you inhabitants of the 22Mortar, Because all the 23people of 24Canaan will be destroyed; All who weigh out 25silver will be eliminated.12And it will come about at that time That I will 26search Jerusalem with lamps, And I will punish the people Who are 2728stagnant in spirit, Who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will 29not do good nor harm!’13Their wealth will become 30plunder, And their houses desolate; Yes, 31they will build houses but not inhabit them, And plant vineyards but not drink their wine.”

14The 32great 33day of the Lord is near, Near and coming very quickly; Listen, the day of the Lord! 34In it the warrior 35cries out bitterly.15That day is a day of anger, A day of 36trouble and distress, A day of destruction and desolation, A day of 37darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness,16A day of 38trumpet and battle cry Against the 39fortified cities And the high corner towers.17I will bring 40distress on mankind So that they will walk 41like those who are blind, Because they have sinned against the Lord; And their 42blood will be poured out like dust, And their 43flesh like dung.18Neither their 44silver nor their gold Will be able to save them On the day of the Lord’s anger; And 45all the earth will be devoured By the fire of His jealousy, For He will 46make a complete end, Indeed a horrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Read all of Zephaniah 1

Notes

  1. 1. Zephaniah 1:5 2 Kin 23:12; Jer 19:13 ↩
  2. 2. Zephaniah 1:5 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc. ↩
  3. 3. Zephaniah 1:5 Jer 5:2, 7; 7:9, 10 ↩
  4. 4. Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king; MT Malcam, prob. a variant spelling of Milcom, the Ammonite god ↩
  5. 5. Zephaniah 1:5 1 Kin 11:5, 33; Jer 49:1 ↩
  6. 6. Zephaniah 1:6 Is 1:4; Hos 7:10 ↩
  7. 7. Zephaniah 1:6 Is 9:13 ↩
  8. 8. Zephaniah 1:7 Lit Hush ↩
  9. 9. Zephaniah 1:7 Hab 2:20; Zech 2:13 ↩
  10. 10. Zephaniah 1:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
  11. 11. Zephaniah 1:7 Zeph 1:14 ↩
  12. 12. Zephaniah 1:7 Is 34:6; Jer 46:10 ↩
  13. 13. Zephaniah 1:7 1 Sam 16:5; Is 13:3 ↩
  14. 14. Zephaniah 1:8 Is 24:21; Hab 1:10 ↩
  15. 15. Zephaniah 1:8 Is 2:6 ↩
  16. 16. Zephaniah 1:9 Or Lord ↩
  17. 17. Zephaniah 1:9 Jer 5:27; Amos 3:10 ↩
  18. 18. Zephaniah 1:10 2 Chr 33:14; Neh 3:3; 12:39 ↩
  19. 19. Zephaniah 1:10 I.e., a district of Jerusalem ↩
  20. 20. Zephaniah 1:10 2 Chr 34:22 ↩
  21. 21. Zephaniah 1:10 Ezek 6:13 ↩
  22. 22. Zephaniah 1:11 I.e., a district of Jerusalem ↩
  23. 23. Zephaniah 1:11 Or merchant people will ↩
  24. 24. Zephaniah 1:11 Zeph 2:5; Zech 14:21 ↩
  25. 25. Zephaniah 1:11 Job 27:16, 17; Hos 9:6 ↩
  26. 26. Zephaniah 1:12 Jer 16:16, 17; Ezek 9:4-11; Amos 9:1-3 ↩
  27. 27. Zephaniah 1:12 Lit thickening on their dregs ↩
  28. 28. Zephaniah 1:12 Jer 48:11; Amos 6:1 ↩
  29. 29. Zephaniah 1:12 Ezek 8:12; 9:9 ↩
  30. 30. Zephaniah 1:13 Jer 15:13; 17:3 ↩
  31. 31. Zephaniah 1:13 Amos 5:11; Mic 6:15 ↩
  32. 32. Zephaniah 1:14 Jer 30:7; Joel 2:11; Mal 4:5 ↩
  33. 33. Zephaniah 1:14 Ezek 7:7, 12; 30:3; Joel 1:15; 3:14; Zeph 1:7 ↩
  34. 34. Zephaniah 1:14 Lit There ↩
  35. 35. Zephaniah 1:14 Ezek 7:16-18 ↩
  36. 36. Zephaniah 1:15 Is 22:5 ↩
  37. 37. Zephaniah 1:15 Joel 2:2, 31; Amos 5:18-20 ↩
  38. 38. Zephaniah 1:16 Is 27:13; Jer 4:19 ↩
  39. 39. Zephaniah 1:16 Is 2:12-15 ↩
  40. 40. Zephaniah 1:17 Jer 10:18 ↩
  41. 41. Zephaniah 1:17 Deut 28:29 ↩
  42. 42. Zephaniah 1:17 Ezek 24:7, 8 ↩
  43. 43. Zephaniah 1:17 Jer 8:2; 9:22 ↩
  44. 44. Zephaniah 1:18 Ezek 7:19 ↩
  45. 45. Zephaniah 1:18 Zeph 3:8 ↩
  46. 46. Zephaniah 1:18 Gen 6:7; Ezek 7:5-7 ↩

Commentaries on Zephaniah 1

New American Standard Bible 2020 — © 1960–2020 The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.