“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
That Zephaniah descended from King Hezekiah gave him standing to reprove the king's own children. When magistrates and ministers work together in reformation, removing idolatry as both did under Josiah, the work prospers; when they do not, corruption returns even in a godly reign.
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Commenting on Zephaniah 1:1-6
I will consume man and beast Wicked men for their sins, and beasts for the sins of men; and, as a punishment for them, the creatures whom they have abused to the gratifying of their lusts: I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea; so that there shall be none for the use of man, which are both delicate...
Enumeration in detail of the "all things" (Zep 1:2; compare Jer 9:10; Hos 4:3). the stumbling-blocks--idols which cause Judah to offend or stumble (Eze 14:3-4, Eze 14:7). with the wicked--The idols and their worshippers shall be involved in a common destruction.