Zep 1:12 | JFB | STEP | 12. search . . . with candles —or lamps; so as to leave no dark corner in it wherein sin can escape the punishment, of which the Chaldeans are My instruments (compare ). settled on their lees —"hardened" or crusted; image from the crust formed at the bottom of wines long left undisturbed ( ). The effect of wealthy undisturbed ease ("lees") on the ungodly is hardening: they become stupidly secure (compare ). Lord will not do good . . . evil —They deny that God regards human affairs, or renders good to the good; or evil to the evil, but that all things go haphazard ( ).

Zephaniah 1:12

12. search . . . with candles—or lamps; so as to leave no dark corner in it wherein sin can escape the punishment, of which the Chaldeans are My instruments (compare Zep 1:13; Lu 15:8).

settled on their lees—"hardened" or crusted; image from the crust formed at the bottom of wines long left undisturbed (Jer 48:11). The effect of wealthy undisturbed ease ("lees") on the ungodly is hardening: they become stupidly secure (compare Ps 55:19; Am 6:1).

Lord will not do good . . . evil—They deny that God regards human affairs, or renders good to the good; or evil to the evil, but that all things go haphazard (Ps 10:4; Mal 2:17).