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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Zephaniah 3:17

Silent; constant. (Menochius) --- He will accuse thee no more. Can this be understood of the Jews, who have been cast off till the fulness of the Gentiles enter the Church? [Romans xi. 25.] To the latter all this must be applied. Few prophets inveighed against the crimes of the captives after their return. (Calmet) --- But this must be deemed a punishment, unless the crimes were also removed. (Haydock)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 3:8-20 Judgment and Glory _ 1. The waiting for the end (Zephaniah 3:8) _ 2. The glory that follows (Zephaniah 3:9) Zephaniah 3:8. “Therefore wait for me, saith Jehovah, for the day when I a...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM, AND RENOWN OF REDEEMED ISRAEL. Zephaniah 3:8; Zephaniah 3:11. Let Yahweh's faithful people wait patiently till the day when He shall stand as a witness against the nation...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    IS MIGHTY; HE WILL SAVE. The Hebrew accents place the chief pause or emphasis on "save", implying not that He will save at some future time, but that He is an ever-present Saviour. Read "Jehovah thy E...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Render with R.V., THE LORD THY GOD IS IN THE MIDST OF THEE, A MIGHTY ONE WHO WILL SAVE. _he will rejoice over thee_ Comp. Isaiah 62:5; Isaiah 65:19. _He will rest in his love_ Or, _he will be silent_...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Joy of the Redeemed People in the Lord's Presence among them The prophet looks forward to the time when all Zion's afflictions shall be over, when she shall be redeemed and all her captive childr...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE LORD WILL BLESS HIS PEOPLE -- ZEPHANIAH 3:14-17:_ The expression "Daughter of Zion" refers to Jerusalem and her people. Everyone in Jerusalem could celebrate and shout because they had been deliv...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1232 GOD’S DELIGHT IN SAVING SINNERS Zephaniah 3:17. _The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty: he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy: he will rest in his love, he will j...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HE WILL SAVE, &C.— _He will bring salvation; he will rejoice and be glad over thee; he will renew his love, and joy over thee with singing, as in a solemn assembly._ Zephaniah 3:18. _For I will take a...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PORTRAIT OF THE REDEEMED. Zephaniah 3:14-20 RV. Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. Jehovah hath taken away thy judgements, he h...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. THE LORD THY GOD IN THE MIDST OF THE...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE JUDGMENT UPON THE EVIL RULERS OF JERUSALEM, AND ITS ULTIMATE PURIFICATION AND RESTORATION Like Amos and Micah, the prophet sternly denounces the crimes of the ruling classes in Jerusalem, points o...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (14-20) The blessedness of Jerusalem when she has been thus brought through suffering to glory....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהַ֛יִךְ בְּ קִרְבֵּ֖ך גִּבֹּ֣ור יֹושִׁ֑יעַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The LORD thy God in the midst of thee [is] mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in (n) his love, he will joy over thee with singing. (n) Signifying, that God delight...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. (15) The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Isra...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zephaniah like Habakkuk will be found to have some points of resemblance with the prophet Jeremiah; and this not merely in the fact that the Chaldean is the...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE LORD THY GOD IN THE MIDST OF THEE [IS] MIGHTY,.... Every word carries in it something very encouraging to the church and people of God; and is an antidote against those fears and faintings they ar...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The LORD thy God in the midst of thee [is] mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. Ver. 17. _The Lord thy God in the mi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Lord, thy God, in the midst of thee is mighty, not at a dim distance, but in the closest proximity, and powerful to help; HE WILL SAVE, He is the Savior; HE WILL REJOICE OVER THEE WITH JOY, in His...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SALVATION OF THE DAUGHTER OF ZION...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HE WILL REST: _ Heb._ he will be silent...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    14-20 After the promises of taking away sin, follow promises of taking away trouble. When the cause is removed, the effect will cease. What makes a people holy, will make them happy. The precious pro...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE LORD; the everlasting One, who changeth not. THY GOD; thine in covenant, never to be forgotten or repealed. Is mighty; can do all he will, can restrain and destroy enemies, can support and defend...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zephaniah 3:17 LORD H3068 God H430 midst H7130 Mighty H1368 save H3467 (H8686) rejoice H7797 (H8799) gladness...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SING OF THE REDEEMED (ZEPHANIAH 3:14). Zephaniah 3:14 ‘Sing, O daughter of Zion, shout, O Israel, Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem, YHWH has taken away your jud...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Zephaniah 3:17 Those who have ever known that sense of repose too deep for words the thought which feels that, by any expression of itself it would only mar its own intensity would understand the beau...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jerusalem's moral state in time of Zephaniah. The coming judgment of nations and kingdom blessing for restored Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The end of nations that have continued to...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty._ GOD IN THE MIDST OF HIS CHURCH Almost all the messages of the prophets to the ancient Church begin with the most awful threatenings and end with th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZEPHANIAH 3:9 Anticipation of Hope. God the judge is also God the gracious. He intends for the nations and Judah to turn to him (vv. Zephaniah 3:9). This will cause rejoicing (vv....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 3:17 The previously weakened nation is in the presence of the MIGHTY ONE (Deuteronomy 10:17;...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] Zephaniah 3:14.] Fulness of joy indicated by repetition of words. ZEPHANIAH 3:15.] The reasons given for exultation. Evil removed, enemies destroyed, full enjoyment of God’s presen...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION. ZEPHANIAH 3:1 § 6. The prophet turns to Jerusalem, and warns her that, if God punishes the heathen, he will not spare the hardened sinners in Judah. ZEPHANIAH 3:1 WOE TO HER! This is ad...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now the Lord speaks against Jerusalem. Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she receive not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 30:9; Genesis 1:31; Genesis 17:1; Genesis 18:14; Genesis 2:2

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