Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
Zephaniah 3 - Introduction
Chapter 3 The Future Hope.
In this chapter Zephaniah continues the theme of the judgment coming on Judah and Jerusalem, describing her present rebellious state, but then he moves on to the eschatological hope for the future. As with many prophets he moves easily from the near to the far. They are two mountain ridges ahead and from his perspective he cannot see the distance between them.