Zephaniah 1:7-18

Zephaniah 1:7-18
(Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18)
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Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
- II.13, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- John Calvin's Commentary on Zephaniah.
  - "For profane men ever promise to themselves some respite, and think that they gain much by delay: the Prophet, on the contrary, does now expose to scorn this self-security, and says, that the day of Jehovah was nigh at hand."
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
  - "God's day is at hand; the punishment of presumptuous sinners is a sacrifice to the justice of God."
- From Wesley's Notes.
  - "Therefore let not sinners be laid asleep by the patience of God; for when the measure of their iniquity is full, his justice will both overtake and overcome them, will make quick and thorough work."
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
  - "The effect of wealthy undisturbed ease ("lees") on the ungodly is hardening: they become stupidly secure."
Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary, Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18, Eric Mathis, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
  - "The day of the Lord is the day when indifference will no longer be tolerated."
- Commentary, Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18, Mark S. Gignilliat, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
  - "Zephaniah's text is much like the judgment language we hear from Jesus in the gospels."
- Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18, Walter Brueggemann, ON Scripture, 2011.
  - "The poetic response to the elimination of God as a real player in the world is that God will have “a day.” God will have a time of intrusive self-assertion."
- Commentary, Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18, Carolyn J. Sharp, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
  - "If we can move beyond our initial anxiety at Zephaniah's rhetoric of judgment, this passage offers marvelous opportunities for pedagogical, liturgical, and pastoral engagement."
- Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
  - "In Zephaniah, God's judgment intends to be redemptive and not merely retributive or punitive. It's not an end in itself but a means to a better end."
- "The Prophet Zephaniah and the 'Great Day of the Lord,'" The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation, 2008.
Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Moore, Michael S., "Yahweh's Day," Restoration Quarterly, 1987.
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- Rodríguez, José D., "From Memory to Faithful Witneess: The Power and Ambiguities of Religious Narratives (Zephaniah 1;7, 12-18)," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2008.
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- Smoak, Jeremy D., "Building Houses and Planting Vineyards: The Early Inner-Biblical Discourse on an Ancient Israelite Wartime Curse," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2008.
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- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Zephaniah 1:14, 15. The Cyber Hymnal.
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