Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Zephaniah 1:5

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Zephaniah 1:5 - 1:5

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Zephaniah 1:5 - 1:5

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1:1 - 1:1
1:2 - 1:2
1:3 - 1:3
1:4 - 1:4
1:5 - 1:5
1:6 - 1:6
1:7 - 1:7
1:8 - 1:8
1:9 - 1:9
1:10 - 1:10
1:11 - 1:11
1:12 - 1:12
1:13 - 1:13
1:14 - 1:14
1:15 - 1:15
1:16 - 1:16
1:17 - 1:17
1:18 - 1:18

worship the host of heaven - Saba: whence, in contrast to Sabeanism, Jehovah is called Lord of Sabaoth.

upon the housetops - which were flat (2Ki 23:5, 2Ki 23:6, 2Ki 23:12; Jer 19:13; Jer 32:29).

swear by the Lord - rather, “swear to Jehovah” (2Ch 15:14); solemnly dedicating themselves to Him (compare Isa 48:1; Hos 4:15).

and - “and yet (with strange inconsistency, 1Ki 18:21; Eze 20:39; Mat 6:24) swear by Malcham,” that is, “their king” [Maurer]: the same as Molech (see on Amo 5:25), and “Milcom the god of ... Ammon” (1Ki 11:33). If Satan have half the heart, he will have all; if the Lord have but half offered to Him, He will have none.