Zephaniah 1

Treated in 4 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 1:4 I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against everyone who lives in Jerusalem. From this place I will cut off every trace of Baal, the very name of the idol-priests along with the priests, 1
  • 1:5 those who bow down on the rooftops to the host of heaven, and those who bow down and swear by the LORD while they also swear by their king, 1
  • 1:7 Be silent before the Lord GOD, for the day of the LORD is close at hand. The LORD has prepared a sacrifice; he has set apart the guests he invited. 1
  • 1:12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent, like wine left to thicken on its dregs, who say to themselves, "The LORD will do nothing, neither good nor bad." 1

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Where it is preached

  1. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 8 — Exposition of the Moral Law cites Zeph. 1:4

    …against it, “I will cut off them that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham,” (Zeph. 1:4, 5). 24. Understanding that the Lord would have our oaths to be a species of divine…

  2. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    November cites Zephaniah 1:5

    …will cut off them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham.” (Zephaniah 1:5) Such persons thought themselves safe because they were with both parties: they went with…

  3. Waiting on God · Andrew Murray

    Quietly cites Zeph. 1:7

    …keep silence before Him' (Hab. 2: 20). 'Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God.' (Zeph. 1:7). 'Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord; for He is raised up out of His holy…

  4. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Growth cites Zep. i. 12

    …no progress since they were first converted. They seem to have “settled on their lees.” (Zep. i. 12.) They go on from year to year content with old grace, old experience, old knowledge, old…