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Zephaniah 3:19

ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON Zephaniah 3:19 God will act on behalf of all his people who have suffered under exile. He will save the lame (Micah 4:6) as a shepherd helps his sheep.

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See also Zephaniah 3:19 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zephaniah 3:19. _I WILL UNDO ALL THAT AFFLICT THEE_] They who have persecuted you shall be punished for it. It shows much malignity and baseness of mind, to afflict or reproach those who are ly...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BEHOLD, AT THAT TIME I WILL UNDO - (Literally, I deal with . While God punisheth not, He seemeth to sit still Isaiah 18:4, be silent Habakkuk 1:13, asleep Psalms 44:23. Then He shall act, He shall “de...

  • 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

    BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. App-6. UNDO. deal with. GATHER. gather out, bring together what has been dispersed. Hebrew. _kabaz,_ as in Zephaniah 3:20. Not the same word as in verses: Zep 8...

  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I will undo all that afflict thee_ As R.V., I WILL DEAL WITH ALL. _I will save her that halteth_ The people are spoken of under the metaphor of a flock, in which are some that are lame, and to which...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _PROMISES FROM GOD -- ZECHARIAH 3:18-20:_ The message of Zephaniah is simple; Judgment is coming, but deliverance will come to those who are willing to repent. God promised that He would gather that r...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I WILL UNDO, &C.— _I will oppress._ Houbigant; who observes, that from the 13th verse to the end of the chapter, the prophet speaks of the last return and restoration of the Jews; as the former part r...

  • 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

    Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been pu...

  • 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HER THAT HALTETH, AND.. WAS DRIVEN OUT] i.e. the exiled Jewish race: cp. Micah 4:6; Jeremiah 33:9; Isaiah 42:7....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I WILL UNDO. — Better, _I will deal with,_ as in Ezekiel 23:25. The clauses following are based on Micah 4:6; Deuteronomy 26:19....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הִנְנִ֥י עֹשֶׂ֛ה אֶת ־כָּל ־מְעַנַּ֖יִךְ בָּ †...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

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

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will (p) save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every (q) land where they have...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Cut. Septuagint, "do in thee, for thy sake at," &c. (Haydock) --- Halteth, and have no children, (Micheas iv. 7.) denoting the Gentiles. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "squeezed out," like grapes, being in...

  • 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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    He confirms here what I have referred to in the last verse that God would overcome all obstacles, when his purpose was to restore his people. On this the Prophet, as we have said, dwells, that the Jew...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BEHOLD, AT THAT TIME I WILL UNDO ALL THAT AFFLICT THEE,.... Or, "I will do" w; their business for them; "slay" them, as the Vulgate Latin version; and make an entire destruction of them, as the Targum...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put...

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

    _I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly_ I will collect together those Israelites who are dispersed in their several captivities, both that of Babylon, and those of following ti...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Behold, at that time, in the Messianic period, I WILL UNDO ALL THAT AFFLICT THEE, dealing with the oppressors according to His justice; AND I WILL SAVE HER THAT HALTETH, heal the limping, AND GATHER H...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SALVATION OF THE DAUGHTER OF ZION...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    I WILL GET THEM PRAISE: _ Heb._ I will set them for a praise WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN PUT TO SHAME: _ Heb._ of their shame...

  • 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

    BEHOLD; mark well. I WILL UNDO; I will deal with them, do their work for them, as we say, I will break their power and dissolve their kingdom. ALL THAT AFFLICT THEE; Babylonians who afflicted the Jews...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zephaniah 3:19 time H6256 deal H6213 (H8802) afflict H6031 (H8764) save H3467 (H8689) lame H6760 ...

  • 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...

  • 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

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] Zephaniah 3:18.] Those who pined in distance at the time of festivities, shall be gathered together. OF THEE] The people are of thy origin and descent (Isaiah 58:12; Ezra 2:59;...

  • 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

    Ezekiel 34:16; Ezekiel 39:17; Ezekiel 39:26; Hebrews 12:13;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Undo — I will break their power and dissolve their kingdom. That halteth — Who is in trouble and ready to fall. Driven out — Into remote countries....

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