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Verse 9. _WILL I TURN TO THE PEOPLE_] This promise must refer to the
conversion of the Jews under the Gospel.
_THAT THEY MAY ALL CALL_] That the whole nation may invoke God by
Christ, and serve him w...
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FOR THEN - In the order of God’s mercies. The deliverance from
Babylon was the forerunner of that of the Gospel, which was its
object. The spread of the Gospel then is spoken of in the connection
of G...
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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...
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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...
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THEN: i.e. after all that is implied in Zephaniah 3:8. Note the order
of the blessings in "9, 10": Gentiles first, and Israel after; But in
"18-20-", Israel first, and Gentiles after.
PEOPLE. peoples...
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_For then … people a pure language_ THE PEOPLES A PURE LIP. The term
_lip_often means "language" (Genesis 11:1), but here it seems rather
to denote the organ of speech. Comp. Isaiah 6:5; Isaiah 6:7, ...
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The conversion of the nations and of Israel
Though Zephaniah 3:8 describes the universal judgment, it is closely
connected with Zephaniah 3:9. The judgment is not an end in itself;
the conversion of...
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_WAIT UPON THE LORD -- ZEPHANIAH 3:8-13:_ God gave a very specific
promise that His judgment was coming upon the Jews. He promised that
He would punish them with fiery anger. God's faithful prophets h...
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FOR THEN WILL I TURN, &C.— Houbigant renders it, For then will I
pour into the people a pure language; that they may all invoke the
name of Jehovah, and serve him with one shoulder; that is to say, wi...
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THE PROMISE OF REDEMPTION. Zephaniah 3:9-13
RV. For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may
all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent. From
beyond the riv...
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For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all
call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
FOR. The blessed things promised in this and are to be the immed...
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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...
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PURE LANGUAGE] cp. Isaiah 6:5; Hosea 2:16; Hosea 2:17. They will no
more call upon the names of the heathen gods: cp. Zephaniah 1:5....
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THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA
BOOK OF ZEPHANIAH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 3
V1 (It will be) very sad for the city (called Jerusalem). (It has
become a city where people) do not obey (God). It (is) dirt...
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(8-10) This is an enlargement of the consolation addressed to the
“meek of the earth” in Zephaniah 2:3, and of the prediction of
Zephaniah 2:11. The great day of the Lord, which shall overthrow all
th...
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TO THE PEOPLE. — Better, _To the peoples,_ or _nations._
A PURE LANGUAGE. — The discord of Babel shall, as it were, give
place to unity of language, when the worship of “gods many” shall
yield to the...
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כִּֽי ־אָ֛ז אֶהְפֹּ֥ךְ אֶל ־עַמִּ֖ים
שָׂפָ֣ה...
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SO AS BY FIRE
Zephaniah 3:1
THE third chapter of the Book of Zephaniah consists of two sections,
of which only the first, Zephaniah 3:1, is a genuine work of the
prophet; while the second, Zephaniah...
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FULLNESS OF SALVATION
Zephaniah 3:1-20
_The sins of Jerusalem_, Zephaniah 3:1-7. Uninfluenced by judgments
upon other nations, Jerusalem pursued her course, morally impure,
oppressive, refusing instr...
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In this chapter the prophet yet more clearly set forth the sin of the
people, and spoke of the hopelessness of the case from the human
standpoint. This gave him his opportunity to announce the victory...
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For (g) then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may
all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
(g) Lest any should then think that God's glory should have pe...
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Chosen. Symmachus, "pure." (Calmet) --- Idols shall not be mentioned.
(Theodoret) --- All people shall know and adore the Lord, which was
verified only after Christ's coming. (Calmet) --- Septuagint,...
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"Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise
up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I
may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignatio...
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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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The Prophet now mitigates the asperity of his doctrine, which might
have greatly terrified the godly; nay, it might have wholly
disheartened them, had no consolation been applied. God then moderates
h...
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SUMMARY TO ZEPHANIAH
Amid this judgment of the nation Jerusalem holds the chief place. In
chapter 3, the Spirit of God, while laying open the iniquity which
occasioned it, turns towards the remnant, a...
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FOR THEN WILL I TURN TO THE PEOPLE A PURE LANGUAGE,.... That is, at or
about the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans; when the
Jews, both in their own land, and in the Gentile world, wo...
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_For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all
call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent._
Ver. 9. _For then will I turn to the people a pure language_] "T...
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_For then_ Or, _afterward_, as the particle אז seems to signify
here, _will I turn_, or _restore, to the people a pure language_ I
will turn them from their idolatries, and other wickedness, (see
Zeph...
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For then will I turn to the people a pure language, by purifying their
sinful lips and thereby enabling them to call upon Him with pure lips,
THAT THEY MAY ALL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD, in the t...
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THE SALVATION OF THE DAUGHTER OF ZION...
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LANGUAGE:
_ Heb._ lip
CONSENT:
_ Heb._ shoulder...
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8-13 The preaching of the gospel is predicted, when vengeance would
be executed on the Jewish nation. The purifying doctrines of the
gospel, or the pure language of the grace of the Lord, would teach...
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FOR THEN, or, then, AFTERWARDS, i.e. when my judgments have been
executed, and have cut off the wicked, WILL I TURN TO THE PEOPLE A
PURE LANGUAGE; I will give them a pure way of worshipping me, in
pra...
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Zephaniah 3:9 restore H2015 (H8799) peoples H5971 pure H1305 (H8803)
language H8193 call H7121 (H8800) name...
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THE FUTURE HOPE WILL FOLLOW JUDGMENT (ZEPHANIAH 3:8).
Zephaniah 3:8
“Therefore wait for me,” says YHWH,
“Until the day that I rise up for a witness.
For my considered decision is to gather the nat...
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THEN WILL I TURN
In Zephaniah the conversion of "the peoples" is stated out of the
usual prophetic order, in which the blessing of Israel and the setting
up of the kingdom precedes the conversion of...
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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...
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Zephaniah 3:1. _Woe to the oppressing city,_ to Jerusalem, now
polluted with every crime, and every year growing a carcase for the
eagles.
Zephaniah 3:6. _I have cut off the nations._ The Chaldaic rea...
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_For then will I turn to the nations a pure lip, that they may all
invoke the name of the Lord, and serve Him with one shoulder._
ON SERVING GOD WITH ONE SHOULDER
“Then!” When? In the day in which Go...
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_Therefore wait ye upon Me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise
up to the prey._
THE ENCOURAGING ASPECTS OF GOD’S JUDGMENTS
In this latter portion of his prophecy, in language pathetic,
awe-in...
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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....
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Zephaniah 3:9. For] The reason for judgment, _lip_ purity of language,
“effusions of devotion,” springing from renewed hearts. CONSENT]
Shoulder; a metaphor from burden-bearers with...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 8:41; Acts 2:4; Ephesians 4:29; Genesis 11:1; Habakkuk 2:14;...