translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ZEP

label: NET study note

text: The very dress of the royal court, foreign styles of clothing , revealed the degree to which Judah had assimilated foreign customs.


text: The point of the statement all who hop over the threshold is unclear. A ritual or superstition associated with the Philistine god Dagon may be in view (see 1 Sam 5:5 ).


text: The Fish Gate was located on Jerusalem’s north side (cf. 2 Chr 33:14 ; Neh 3:3; 12:39 ).


text: This description of the day of the Lord consists of an initial reference to anger , followed by four pairs of synonyms. The joining of synonyms in this way emphasizes the degree of the characteristic being described. The first two pairs focus on the distress and ruin that judgment will bring; the second two pairs picture this day of judgment as being very dark ( darkness ) and exceedingly overcast ( gloom ). The description concludes with the pairing of two familiar battle sounds, the blast on the ram’s horn ( trumpet blasts ) and the war cries of the warriors ( battle cries ).