Zephaniah 1:7
Hush! because of the Lord Jehovah, For near [is] a day of Jehovah, For prepared hath Jehovah a sacrifice, He hath sanctified His invited ones.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6And those removing from after Jehovah, And who have not sought Jehovah, nor besought Him.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:5and he saith, 'Peace; to sacrifice to Jehovah I have come, sanctify yourselves, and ye have come in with me to the sacrifice;' and he sanctifieth Jesse and his sons, and calleth them to the sacrifice.
Job 40:4Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
Psalms 76:8From heaven Thou hast sounded judgment, Earth hath feared, and hath been still,
Isaiah 2:12For a day [is] to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,
Isaiah 13:6Howl ye, for near [is] the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.
Isaiah 34:5For soaked in the heavens was My sword, Lo, on Edom it cometh down, On the people of My curse for judgment.
Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 1:2-7
Zephaniah This prophet is placed last, as he was last in time, of all the minor prophets before the captivity, and not long before Jeremiah, who lived at the time of the captivity. He foretels the general destruction of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, and sets their sins in order before them, which had provoked God to bring their ruin upon them, calls them to repentance, threatens the neighbouring nations with the like destructions, and gives encouraging promises of their joyful return out of captivity in… Read the whole commentary →