Sunday School Lesson
Sunday Morning Bible Class January 18, 2026
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Theme:
Minor Prophets
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Zephaniah
Zephaniah 1:2-18
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Introduction
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God Consumes All Things
. 2) "I will utterly consume everything from the face of the land," Says the Lord; 3) "I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, The fish of the sea, And the stumbling blocks along with the wicked. I will cut off man from the face of the land," Says the Lord. 4)"I will stretch out My hand against Judah, And against the inhabitants of Jerusalem. i will cut off every trace of Baal from this place, The names of the idolatrous priests with the pagan priests-- 5) Those who worship the host of heaven on the house tops; Those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord, But who also swear by Milcom; 6) Those who have turned from following the Lord, And have not sought the Lord, nor have iquired of Him
*Milcom- or Malcam, an Amorite god, also called Molech- see Leviticus 18:21
Commentary
Zephaniah 1:2-6
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God Prepares A Sacrifice
7) Be silent in the presence of the Lord God, For the day of the Lord is at hand, For the Lord has prepared a sacrifice, He has invited His guests 8) "And it shall be, In the day of the Lord's sacrifice, That I will punish the princes and the king's children, And all such as are clothed with foreign apparel. 9) In the same day I will punish All those who leap over the threshold, Who fill their masters household with violence and deceit. 10) "And there shall be on that day," says the Lord, "the sound of a mournful cryfrom the Fish Gate, A wailing from the *Second Quater, And a foul crashing from the hills. 11) Wail, You inhabitants of *Maktesh! For all the merchant people are cut own; All those who handle money are cut off.
*The second Quater- a district or section of the city of Jerusalem
*Maktesh- literally Mortar, amarket district of Jerusale
Commentary
Zephaniah 1:7-11
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God Searches jerusalem
12) "And it shall come to pass at that time that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, And punish the men ho are settled n complacency, Who say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, nor will He do evil.' 13) Therfore their goods shall become booty, And their houses a destruction; They shall build houses but not inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards, but not drink their wine." 14) The great day of the Lord is near; it is near and hastens qickly. The noise of the day of the Lord is bitter; There the mighty men shall cry out. 15) That day is a day of wrath, A day of trouble and distress, A day of devastation and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness,16) A day of trumpet and alarm Against the fortified cities And against the high towers. 17) "I will bring distress upon men, Anf they shall walk like blind men, Because thay have sinned against the Lord; Their blood shall be poured out like dust, And their flesh like refuse," 18) Neither their silver nor their gold Shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath; But the whole land shall be devoured By the fire of His jealousy, For He will make speedy riddance Of all those who dwell in the land.
Commentary
Zephaniah 1:12-18
II Timothy 2:15: "Be dillgent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
