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Zephaniah 1 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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verses
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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.

Calvin 12 Matthew Henry 4 John Wesley 1

“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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