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 ( ; Mal 2:17).

‏ 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 (Jr 48:11). The effect of wealthy undisturbed ease ("lees") on the ungodly is hardening: they become stupidly secure (compare Psa 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 (Psa 10:4; Mal 2:17).