Zephaniah 1:2

“I will utterly consume all [things] from off the land, saith the Lord.] That is, from the land of Judah, by means of the Chaldeans or Babylonians: this is a general denunciation of the judgments of God, the particulars follow: or, “in gathering I will gather”; all good things out of the land; all the necessaries of life, and blessings of Providence; all that is for the sustenance and pleasure of man, as well as all creatures, by death or captivity; and so the land should be entirely stripped, and left naked and bare. The phrase denotes the certainty of the thing, as well as the utter, entire, and total consumption that should be made, and the vehemence and earnestness in which it is…”

“utterly consume--from a root to "sweep away," or "scrape off utterly." See Jer 8:13, Margin, and here. from off the land--of Judah.”

“I will utterly consume all things - Better “all.” The word is not limited to “things” “animate” or “inanimate” or “men;” it is used severally of each, according to the context; here, without limitation, of “all.” God and all stand over against one another; God and all which is not of God or in God. God, he says, will utterly consume all from off the land (earth). The prophet sums up in few words the subject of the whole chapter, the judgments of God from his own times to the day of Judgment itself. And this Day Itself he brings the more strongly before the mind, in that, with wonderful briefness, in two words which he conforms, in sound also, the one to the other, he expresses the utter…”

“1:2-3 The list of the things that God will sweep away in his judgment is in reverse order to their creation (Gen 1:20-26): people and animals . . . birds . . . fish, because judgment is a reversal of creation.”

“I will: etc. Heb. By taking away I will make an end, utterly. Kg2 22:16, Kg2 22:17; Ch2 36:21; Isa 6:11; Jer 6:8, Jer 6:9, Jer 24:8-10, Jer 34:22, Jer 36:29; Eze 33:27-29; Mic 7:13 land: Heb. face of the land Zephaniah 1:3”