Zephaniah 1:15
"That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,"

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

That day is a day of wrath,.... Both of the wrath of God against his people for their sins; these judgments being the effects of his wrath, provoked by their iniquities; and of the wrath and cruelty of the Chaldeans, exercised

in a furious manner: a day of trouble and distress; to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, they being taken and led captive, their houses plundered and demolished, and the whole city and temple laid in ruins: a day of wasteness and desolation; of the whole country of Judea, and the metropolis of it; of their houses, fields, and vineyards: a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness: as it might be in a natural sense; the displeasure of God being shown in the very heavens, by the darkness and gloominess of them, and the thick clouds with which they were covered; and made still more dark and gloomy by the burning of the city, and the smoke of it; and, in such circumstances, gloominess and melancholy must sit upon the minds of men: and thick clouds and darkness portend greater troubles and calamities coming on; and the whole is expressive of great adversity; for, as light frequently designs prosperity, so darkness adversity.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (16 words)

H3117 יוֹם
Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H5678 עֶבְרָה
Definition:

9+; constructעֶבְרַתZephaniah 1:18+; suffixעֶבְרָתִיIsaiah 10:6+, etc.; pluralעֲבָרוֺתJob 21:30; constructעַבְרוֺתPsalm 7:7;Job 40:11; —1overflow, excess, outburst,זָדוֺן׳עProverbs 21:24excess of inso 9+; constructעֶבְרַתZephaniah 1:18+; suffixעֶבְרָתִיIsaiah 10:6+, etc.; pluralעֲבָרוֺתJob 21:30; constructעַבְרוֺתPsalm 7:7;Job 40:11; —1overflow, excess, outburst,זָדוֺן׳עProverbs 21:24excess of inso

Possible Meanings:
  • arrogance (semantic_range)
  • fury (semantic_range)
H3117 יוֹם
Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H1931 הוּא
Definition:

23Kt, seeהוּא.הוּאmasculineהִיאfeminine(plural masculineהֵ֫מָּה,הֵם; feminineהֵ֫נָּה,הֵן[the latter only with prefixes]; see these words),pronoun of the 3rd person singular,he, she, used also(in both 23Kt, seeהוּא.הוּאmasculineהִיאfeminine(plural masculineהֵ֫מָּה,הֵם; feminineהֵ֫נָּה,הֵן[the latter only with prefixes]; see these words),pronoun of the 3rd person singular,he, she, used also(in both

H3117 יוֹם
Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H6869 צָרָה
Definition:

Feminine oftsar; tightness (i.e. Figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival -- adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.see HEBREWtsarBrown-Driver-BriggsI.צָ Feminine oftsar; tightness (i.e. Figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival -- adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.see HEBREWtsarBrown-Driver-BriggsI.צָ

Possible Meanings:
  • vexer (semantic_range)
H4691 מְצוּקָה
Definition:

24;יוֺם׳צָרָה וּמZephaniah 1:15; plural suffix, of׳יdeliveringמִמְּצוּקוֺתַיPsalm 25:17,מִמְּצוּקוֺתֵיהֶםetc.,Psalm 107:6;Psalm 107:13;Psalm 107:19;Psalm 107:28.Topical LexiconSemantic Emphasisמְצוּקָ 24;יוֺם׳צָרָה וּמZephaniah 1:15; plural suffix, of׳יdeliveringמִמְּצוּקוֺתַיPsalm 25:17,מִמְּצוּקוֺתֵיהֶםetc.,Psalm 107:6;Psalm 107:13;Psalm 107:19;Psalm 107:28.Topical LexiconSemantic Emphasisמְצוּקָ

H3117 יוֹם
Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H7722 שׁוֹא
Definition:

17rescue me fromtheir ravages(si vera lectio);ᵐ5κακουργία; Ol Dy Gr CheComm. plausiblyשַׁאֲגָםtheir roaring, comparePsalm 35:16;Psalm 35:17c; We Duשֹׁאֲגִים.שׁוֺאָה,שֹׁאָהnoun femininedevastation, rui 17rescue me fromtheir ravages(si vera lectio);ᵐ5κακουργία; Ol Dy Gr CheComm. plausiblyשַׁאֲגָםtheir roaring, comparePsalm 35:16;Psalm 35:17c; We Duשֹׁאֲגִים.שׁוֺאָה,שֹׁאָהnoun femininedevastation, rui

H4875 מְשׁוֹאָה
Definition:

15;Job 30:3;Job 38:27, see foregoing; plural (מַשּׁוּאוֺת, read)מְשׁוֺאוֺת, so Klo Hup-Now CheComm.Bae DuPsalm 74:3ruins(of temple) andPsalm 73:18ruins(of one's life, figurative; but Du here derives f 15;Job 30:3;Job 38:27, see foregoing; plural (מַשּׁוּאוֺת, read)מְשׁוֺאוֺת, so Klo Hup-Now CheComm.Bae DuPsalm 74:3ruins(of temple) andPsalm 73:18ruins(of one's life, figurative; but Du here derives f

Possible Meanings:
  • desolation (semantic_range)
H3117 יוֹם
Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H2822 חשֶׁךְ
Definition:

21darkness, obscurity— absoluteחשֶׁךְGenesis 1:275t. (+Ezekiel 8:12strike out Co A B etc.); constructid.Exodus 10:22; suffixחָשְׁכִּיPsalm 18:29=2 Samuel 22:29; —1darkness(opposed toאוֺר) literalGenes 21darkness, obscurity— absoluteחשֶׁךְGenesis 1:275t. (+Ezekiel 8:12strike out Co A B etc.); constructid.Exodus 10:22; suffixחָשְׁכִּיPsalm 18:29=2 Samuel 22:29; —1darkness(opposed toאוֺר) literalGenes

Possible Meanings:
  • obscure (semantic_range)
  • low (semantic_range)
H0653 אֲפֵלָה
Definition:

22+;אֲפֵלָתְךָIsaiah 58:10; pluralאֲפֵלוֺתIsaiah 59:9—1darknessDeuteronomy 28:29;Proverbs 7:9(""אִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה); of supernatural darkness in EgyptExodus 10:22; of day of .׳י(compareAmos 5:20belowאָפ 22+;אֲפֵלָתְךָIsaiah 58:10; pluralאֲפֵלוֺתIsaiah 59:9—1darknessDeuteronomy 28:29;Proverbs 7:9(""אִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה); of supernatural darkness in EgyptExodus 10:22; of day of .׳י(compareAmos 5:20belowאָפ

Possible Meanings:
  • gloominess (semantic_range)
  • calamity (semantic_range)
H3117 יוֹם
Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H6051 עָנָן
Definition:

16cloud-mass, cloud; —׳(הֶ)עabsoluteExodus 19:9+; constructעֲנַזִHosea 6:4+; suffixעֲנָֽנְךָNumbers 14:14,עֲנָנוֺJob 26:9;Job 37:15; pluralעֲנִיםJeremiah 4:13; —1cloud-mass:a.especially of theophanic 16cloud-mass, cloud; —׳(הֶ)עabsoluteExodus 19:9+; constructעֲנַזִHosea 6:4+; suffixעֲנָֽנְךָNumbers 14:14,עֲנָנוֺJob 26:9;Job 37:15; pluralעֲנִיםJeremiah 4:13; —1cloud-mass:a.especially of theophanic

H6205 עֲרָפֶל
Definition:

18(Gi; van d. H.Exodus 20:21),1 Kings 8:122Chronicles 6:1; +עָנָןDeuteronomy 4:11(alsoחשֶׁח),Deuteronomy 5:19;Psalm 97:2;Job 22:13seeבַּעַד;תַּחַת רַגְלָיו׳ע2 Samuel 22:10=Psalm 18:10; as swaddling-ba 18(Gi; van d. H.Exodus 20:21),1 Kings 8:122Chronicles 6:1; +עָנָןDeuteronomy 4:11(alsoחשֶׁח),Deuteronomy 5:19;Psalm 97:2;Job 22:13seeבַּעַד;תַּחַת רַגְלָיו׳ע2 Samuel 22:10=Psalm 18:10; as swaddling-ba

Possible Meanings:
  • cloud (semantic_range)
  • heavy cloud (semantic_range)

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