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Verse Zephaniah 2:14. _AND FLOCKS SHALL LIE DOWN IN THE MIDST OF HER_]
Nineveh was so completely destroyed, that its situation is not at
present even known. The present city of _Mossoul_ is supposed t...
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AND FLOCKS SHALL LIE DOWN IN THE MIDST OF HER - No desolation is like
that of decayed luxury. It preaches the nothingness of man, the
fruitlessness of his toils, the fleetingness of his hopes and
enjo...
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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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ALL. all kinds of. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus), App-6.
UPPER LINTELS. chapiters, or carved capitals.
CEDAR WORK: i.e. the wainscotting....
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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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Threat against Assyria
The passage naturally implies that the Assyrian empire had not yet
fallen....
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_all the beasts of the nations_ Sept. _all the beasts of the earth_,
as the phrase usually runs (Genesis 1:24; Psalms 79:2), or beasts of
the field. The phrase seems to stand in apposition to _flocks_...
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_JUDGMENT AGAINST ETHIOPIA AND ASSYRIA -- ZEPHANIAH 2:12-15:_ The
Ethiopians had also made light of God's people. They likewise would
feel the vengeance of divine wrath. God completed His circle of
Ju...
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AND FLOCKS SHALL LIE DOWN, &C.— _And flocks of every kind of animals
shall lie down in the midst of her: both the pelican and the porcupine
shall lodge in the upper chapiters or carved work of it: the...
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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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And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the
nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper
lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolat...
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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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(13-15) The sentence against Assyria in the north. This was fulfilled
as early as B.C. 625, when Nineveh was taken and destroyed by the
Medes and Babylonians. It will be remembered that this catastrop...
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BOTH THE CORMORANT.... — Better, _Both the pelican and the hedgehog
shall lodge on her pillar capitals,_ these lying strewn upon the
ground.
THEIR VOICE. — Better, _The voice_ [of the bird] _shall sin...
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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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וְ רָבְצ֨וּ בְ תֹוכָ֤הּ עֲדָרִים֙
כָּל ־חַיְת
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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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And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the
nations: both the (h) cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the
upper lintels of it; [their] voice shall sing in the windows;
de...
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Bittern and the urchin. Hebrew kaath and kippod, are terms to us
(Haydock) unknown. --- Threshold. Hebrew, "the pomegranates," supposed
to be an ornament of the doors. --- Raven. Septuagint also read...
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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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The Prophet describes here the state of the city and the desolation of
the country. He says, that the habitations of flocks would be in the
midst of the city Nineveh. The city, we know, was populous;...
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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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AND FLOCKS SHALL LIE DOWN IN THE MIDST OF HER,.... In the midst of the
city of Nineveh; in the streets of it, where houses stood, and people
in great numbers walked; but now only should be seen the co...
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And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the
nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper
lintels of it; [their] voice shall sing in the windows; desola...
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_And he will stretch out his hand against the north_ Nor will the
southern nations only be punished, but judgments will be executed by
the divine justice on the nations lying toward the north; _and wi...
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And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, the former great city
had been leveled to the ground and reverted back to a pasture-ground,
ALL THE BEASTS OF THE NATIONS, beasts of all kinds in droves...
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THE DOOR OF MOAB, AMMAN, AND ASSYRIA...
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CORMORANT:
Or, pelican
UPPER LINTELS:
Or, knops, or chapiters
FOR HE SHALL UNCOVER:
Or, when he hath uncovered...
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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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Nineveh shall be so razed that flocks of cattle shall lie down in the
midst of it, as before of the Philistines, ZEPHANIAH 2:6. ALL THE
BEASTS OF THE NATIONS; all sorts of beasts which are found in th...
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THE ASSYRIANS (ZEPHANIAH 2:13).
Zephaniah 2:13
‘And he will stretch out his hand against the north,
And destroy Assyria,
And he will make Nineveh a desolation,
And dry like the wilderness.
And h...
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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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_He will stretch out His hand against the north._
NATIONAL PRIDE AND NATIONAL RUIN
Two facts are suggested--
I. That men are often prone to pride themselves on the greatness of
their country. The me...
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ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 2:14 THE OWL AND THE HEDGEHOG represent
two of the “inhabitants” of what used to be a major city. Humans
will be gone; animals and birds will take their place. The underlyi...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ZEPHANIAH 2:13.) The prophet dwells longer on the heathen power of the
north, the Assyrian kingdom with its capital, Nineveh, because Assyria
was then the imperial power, seeking to d...
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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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Amos 9:1; Isaiah 13:19; Isaiah 34:11; Jeremiah 22:14; Revelation 1
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All the beasts — All sorts of beasts which are found in those
countries. The bittern — A bird that delights in desolate places....