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Verse Zephaniah 2:3. _YE MEEK OF THE EARTH_] ענוי _anavey_, ye
_oppressed_ and _humbled_ of the land.
_IT MAY BE YE SHALL BE HID_] The sword has not a commission against
you. Ask God, and he will be...
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SEEK YE THE LORD - He had exhorted sinners to penitence; he now calls
the righteous to persevere and increase more and more. He bids them
“seek diligently” , and that with a three-fold call, to seek H...
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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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ZEPHANIAH 2. DOOM ON PHILISTIA [MOAB AND AMMON], ETHIOPIA, AND
ASSYRIA.
Zephaniah 2:1. Having spent its rage on Judah, the storm of Divine
judgment sweeps south by the Philistian sea-board, uprooting...
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SEEK... SEEK. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:29), as in
Zephaniah 1:6.
JUDGMENT. ordinances; as in Isaiah 58:2.Jeremiah 8:7.
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_all ye meek of the earth_ Though the exhortation to seek the Lord
(Amos 5:6; Isaiah 55:6) be addressed specially to the prophet's own
people of Judah, there is no necessity for rendering, meek of the...
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_REPENT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE -- ZEPHANIAH 2:1-3:_ God's people had
become a disgraceful nation. God called upon them to gather around and
focus their attention on correcting those things wherein they...
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DISCOURSE: 1228
REPENTANCE URGED
Zephaniah 2:1. Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O
nation not desired; before the decree bring forth, before the day pass
as the chaff, before the fier...
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WHICH HAVE WROUGHT HIS JUDGMENT— _Keep his judgments._ Houbigant....
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JUDGEMENT OF JUDAH. Zephaniah 1:4 to Zephaniah 2:3)
RV. And I will stretch our my hand upon Judah, and upon all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from
this place, an...
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Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his
judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid
in the day of the LORD's anger.
SEEK YE THE LORD, ALL YE ME...
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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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WROUGHT HIS JUDGMENT. — Or, rather, _executed His sentence_ —
acted in compliance with His revealed will by refraining from the sins
above specified....
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II.
(1-3) An exhortation to seek God before His day of vengeance is
revealed....
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בַּקְּשׁ֤וּ אֶת ־יְהוָה֙ כָּל
־עַנְוֵ֣י הָ אָ
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THE PROPHET AND THE REFORMERS
Zephaniah 1:1 - Zephaniah 2:3
TOWARDS the year 625, when King Josiah had passed out of his minority,
and was making his first efforts at religious reform, prophecy, lon...
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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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The first movement of the prophecy is the prophet's declaration of the
coming judgment of Jehovah. This he announced in general terms, then
described more particularly its procedure and character.
Thi...
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Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which (b) have wrought his
judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid
in the day of the LORD'S anger.
(b) That is, who have liv...
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_Just. Hebrew, "justice." (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "righteousness, and
answer the same." (Haydock) --- Scarcely the innocent will escape.
(Menochius) --- The prophet does not specify the crimes of the...
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"Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not
desired; (2) Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the
chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before...
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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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Here the Prophet turns his discourse to a small number, for he saw
that he could produce no effect on the promiscuous multitude. For had
his doctrine been addressed in common to the whole people, ther...
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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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SEEK YE THE LORD, ALL YE MEEK OF THE EARTH,.... Or "of the land", of
the land of Judea. In this time of great apostasy, there was a remnant
according to the election of grace, whom the Lord reserved f...
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Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his
judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid
in the day of the LORD'S anger.
Ver. 3. _Seek ye the Lord, al...
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_Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek_ Here the prophet addresses some
others, different from those addressed before, namely, the few pious,
who still remained in Jerusalem and Judah amidst the general
corru...
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Seek ye the Lord, in proper repentance, ALL YE MEEK OF THE EARTH, the
humble of the land, those who were still disposed to he guided by His
will, WHICH HAVE WROUGHT HIS JUDGMENT, observed His right, t...
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THE EXHORTATION AND THE DOOM OF THE PHILISTINES...
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1-3 The prophet calls to national repentance, as the only way to
prevent national ruin. A nation not desiring, that has not desires
toward God, is not desirous of his favour and grace, has no mind to...
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SEEK YE THE LORD; turn to him with sound and true repentance, pray for
pardon, engage in new obedience, inquire in the law what is your duty,
and do it; fear, worship, depend on the Lord alone. ALL YE...
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CHAPTER 2 YHWH'S JUDGMENT WILL ALSO COME ON THE SURROUNDING NATIONS
FOR THEIR SINS.
A Final Plea to Judah and Jerusalem (Zephaniah 2:1).
Zephaniah 2:1
“Gather yourselves together, yes, gather toget...
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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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_Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth._
SIN AND REPENTANCE, THE BANE AND ANTIDOTE
An exhortation to the men of Judah to repent ere the Chaldean invaders
approach and wreak destruction on their...
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ZEPHANIAH 2:1 Repentance Is Still Possible. Although sin is a
universal human problem, God will show grace if his people repent. And
yet, Israel’s actions demonstrate that they are not covenant
follow...
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ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 2:3 Rather than abandoning God, Judah is
called to SEEK diligently for him (compare Zephaniah 1:6;...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] Summons to repent. GATHER] As stubble (Exodus 5:7);
then generally, to collect; in this sense, to gather one’s self, to
examine one’s self. DESIRED] A word which signifies primarily,...
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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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1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 3:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:10;...
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Seek — Fear, worship, depend on him alone. Ye meek — Ye humble
ones. Wrought his judgment — Obeyed his precepts. Seek righteousness
— Continue therein. Seek meekness — Patiently wait on the just and
m...