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Verse Zephaniah 2:10. _BECAUSE THEY HAVE REPROACHED_] See on Zephaniah
2:8....
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THIS SHALL THEY HAVE FOR THEIR PRIDE - Literally, “This to them
instead of their pride.” Contempt and shame shall be the residue of
the proud man; the exaltation shall be gone, and all which they shal...
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CHAPTER S 2-3:8
The Call to Repentance in View of the Judgment
_ 1. The call to repentance (Zephaniah 2:1) _
2. The judgment of the Philistines (Zephaniah 2:4)
3. The judgment of Moab and Ammon (Z...
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Into the natural context of the passage a later writer has woven a
prophecy of vengeance on Moab and Ammon for their revilings and
insults heaped upon Judah (on the day of Jerusalem's downfall), For
t...
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The judgment of the Day of the Lord upon the nations
The nations on whom the impending judgment shall fall are: (1) the
Philistines (Zephaniah 2:4); (2) Moab and Ammon (Zephaniah 2:8); (3)
Cush or th...
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Comp. Zephaniah 2:8; Isaiah 16:6; Jeremiah 48:29. In the last clause
Sept. reads: _magnified themselves against the Lord of hosts_,
omitting _people_....
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_GOD'S JUDGMENT AGAINST THE MOABITES AND AMMONITES -- ZEPHANIAH
2:8-11:_ God next dealt with the children of Moab and the children of
Ammon, Judah's neighbors to the east. These heathen nations had
in...
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CHAPTER XXI
THE JUDGMENT OF GOD IS UNIVERSAL
Zephaniah 2:4-15
RV. For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall
_drive out_ Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up. Woe u...
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This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached
and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.
THIS SHALL THEY HAVE FOR THEIR PRIDE - (cf. , "magnified
themse...
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JEHOVAH'S IMPENDING JUDGMENT UPON JUDAH'S NEIGHBOURS AND FOES
The universal note which is struck in Zechariah 1:2 is now further
amplified. Jehovah's agents of punishment, the Scythians, shall carry...
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THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA
BOOK OF ZEPHANIAH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 2
V1 Come together. Come together, (people from) the country that will
not be ashamed!
V2 (Come together) before:...
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(8-11) The sentence against Moab and Ammon, the descendants of Lot and
the enemies of God’s people, even in the post-exilic period, comp.
Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1; Nehemiah 4:3;...
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(4-15) Jehovah’s chastisement of foreign powers. These Divine
visitations are introduced somewhat abruptly. The connection is
perhaps that they are intended to lead God’s people to repent, and
put the...
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זֹ֥את לָהֶ֖ם תַּ֣חַת גְּאֹונָ֑ם כִּ֤י
חֵֽרְפוּ֙...
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NINIVE DELENDA
Zephaniah 2:4
THERE now come a series of articles on foreign nations, connected with
the previous prophecy by the conjunction for, and detailing the
worldwide judgment which it had pr...
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MEEKNESS SAVES, PRIDE DESTROYS
Zephaniah 2:1-15
The nation, on the whole, had no remorse, no desire for God; but there
were a few meek and lowly souls, and the hope was held out to them
that they wou...
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After this declaration, the prophet uttered his great appeal, first to
the nation as a whole, calling on it to pull itself together before
the opportunity for repentance should pass, before the hour o...
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"I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children
of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified
themselves against their border. (9) Therefore as I live, saith th...
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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...
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Chapter 2, while revealing the character of the nation, addresses
itself to her, in order that all those at least who fear Jehovah may
be hidden in the day of His anger. They are called to gather
them...
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THIS SHALL THEY HAVE FOR THEIR PRIDE,.... This calamity shall come
upon their land, the land of the Moabites and Ammonites, for their
pride, which often goes before a fall; and has frequently been the...
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This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and
magnified [themselves] against the people of the LORD of hosts.
Ver. 10. _This shall they have for their pride_] Moabites were a...
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_I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of Ammon_ These
countries were destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, about five years after the
destruction of Jerusalem: see the places referred to in the...
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4-15 Those are really in a woful condition who have the word of the
Lord against them, for no word of his shall fall to the ground. God
will restore his people to their rights, though long kept from...
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THIS SHALL THEY HAVE; this grievous ruin like Sodom s, this just
retaliation; they insulted over Israel, Israel shall tread on them.
FOR THEIR PRIDE; haughty mind and carriage: see ZEPHANIAH 2:8.
REPR...
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Zephaniah 2:10 pride H1347 reproached H2778 (H8765) threats H1431
(H8686) people H5971 LORD H3068 hosts H6635
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MOAB AND AMMON (ZEPHANIAH 2:8).
Zephaniah 2:8
“I have heard the reproach of Moab,
And the revilings of the children of Ammon,
With which they have reproached my people,
And magnified themselves a...
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CONTENTS: Call to remnant of Israel in the day of the Lord. Judgment
threatened upon Assyria, Philistia and other nations.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The nations that rebel against the precepts of...
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Zephaniah 2:1. _Gather yourselves together,_ for fasting and prayer,
_oh nation not desired,_ whose practices are lothed and abhorred; a
nation whom God will not own as his chosen people.
Zephaniah 2:...
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_I have heard the reproach of Moab._
THE PERSECUTION OF THE GOOD
I. That good men are often subject to annoyances from the ungodly
world. “I have heard the reproach [abuse] of Moab, and the revilings...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ZEPHANIAH 2:8. MOAB] and Ammon rejoiced in the calamity of the Jews.
Compare parallel prophecies against Moab (Isaiah 15, 16; Jeremiah 48;
Amos 2:1), and Ammon ...
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EXPOSITION.
VERSE 2:1-3:8
Part II. EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE AND TO PERSEVERANCE.
ZEPHANIAH 2:1
§ 1. The prophet urges all to examine their ways before the day of
the Lord come; and he prays the ri...
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Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired
(Zephaniah 2:1);
Now that "not desired" in the Hebrew literally means "a nation that
knows no shame." They were doing shameful t...
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1 Peter 5:5; Daniel 4:37; Daniel 5:20; Exodus 10:3; Exodus 9:17;...