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Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD [is] at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
Zephaniah 1:7 — KJV
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Zephaniah 1:7
King James Version (KJV)
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Zephaniah 1:7
Verse 7 of 18
Commentary
Commentary on Zephaniah 1:7
Theological / DevotionalHold thy peace. Silence and awe are in order because fearful judgments will come upon various classes of people (vs. 7-13). Compare Hab. 2:20.
Day of the Lord. Here the prophet is referring to the impending punishment attending the Babylonian invasion (see on Isa. 13:6). Nevertheless, it must be remembered that Zephaniah’s “prophecies of impending judgment upon Judah apply with equal force to the judgments that are to fall upon an impenitent world at the time of the second advent of Christ” (PK 389). For the principles involved in making last-day applications see pp. 34-38.
Sacrifice. A graphic picture, representing the guilty nation of Judah as a slaughtered animal (see Isa. 34:6; Eze. 39:17-20).
Bid his guests. Literally, “consecrated his guests”; that is, the Babylonians are depicted as being set apart, according to God’s purpose, to carry out the punishment of the transgressors (see on Isa. 13:3).
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