Zephaniah 3:6

Zephaniah 3:6 continues the preceding: Jehovah's righteous rule is exercised not only in the midst of Israel itself but also among the nations without. His judgments among the nations were also meant for Israel's instruction, and should have been laid to heart (Zephaniah 3:7).

I have cut off the nations Rather: I have cut off nations. No particular nations are named; history is full of God's judgments on the peoples for their unrighteousness, the Flood, the overthrow of Sodom, the destruction of Samaria, and the like.

I made their streets have made; the examples or some of them are recent. The term "streets" might mean outplaces, territories. On the language of the verse comp. Jeremiah 33:10.