Passage Research
Zephaniah 1 — Sermon Preparation
The day of the LORD is announced as a day of total devastation for Judah and all the earth because of widespread idolatry and apostasy. Below is a research summary for Zephaniah 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 18
- verses
- 269 / 153
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 17
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Zephaniah 1 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קָרוֹב | qârôwb | H7138 | 3 | near |
| יָשַׁב | yâshab | H3427 | 4 | sit, dwell |
| אָסַף | ʼâçaph | H622 | 3 | gather, receive |
| כָּרַת | kârath | H3772 | 3 | cut, destroy |
| פָּקַד | pâqad | H6485 | 3 | visit, oversee |
| נְאֻם | nᵉʼum | H5002 | 3 | oracle |
| דָּג | dâg | H1709 | 2 | fish |
How preachers through history handled this text
17 public-domain excerpts on Zephaniah 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This warning of approaching destruction, is enough to make the sinners in Zion tremble; it refers to the great day of the Lord, the day in which he will show himself by taking vengeance on them. This day of the Lord is very near; it is a day of God's wrath, wrath to the utmost. It will be a day of trouble and distress to sinners. Let them not be laid asleep by the patience of God. What is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? And what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Zephaniah 1:14–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Fish Gate— Zeph 1:10
- Second Quarter— Zeph 1:10
- Canaan— Zeph 1:11
- Mortar— Zeph 1:11
- Jerusalem— Zeph 1:12
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