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Verse 4. _GAZA SHALL BE FORSAKEN_] This prophecy is against the
_Philistines_. They had been greatly harassed by the kings of Egypt;
but were completely ruined by Nebuchadnezzar, who took all Phoenici...
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FOR - As a ground for repentance and perseverance, he goes through
Pagan nations, upon whom God’s wrath should come. Jerome: “As
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, after visions concerning Judah, turn to
othe...
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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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FOR GAZA. Supply the logical _Ellipsis_ (App-6), here, and in verses:
Zep 8:12, Zep 8:13, Zephaniah 3:1, thus: "[Mine anger shall be upon
Gaza, saith the Lord], For", &c.
GAZA... FORSAKEN. Note the F...
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_For Gaza shall be forsaken_ The connecting word _for_appears to refer
to the exhortation in Zephaniah 2:3: seek the Lord, it may be ye shall
be hid, for many shall be overwhelmed. There is an assonan...
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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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_GOD'S JUDGMENT AGAINST THE PHILISTINES -- ZEPHANIAH 2:4-7:_ If Judah
failed to repent she would face God's judgment. The heathen nations
would also face the Judgment of the Almighty. Scripture pictur...
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FOR GAZA SHALL BE FORSAKEN— _For, lo, Gaza is forsaken;_ and so
throughout, in the present tense: as much as to say, "Behold, the
cities of the Philistines are taken and plundered by this victorious
p...
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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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For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall
drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
FOR. He makes the punishment awaiting the neighbouring states an
a...
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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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(4-7) The sentence against the great Philistine strongholds....
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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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In the words “Gaza (_Azzâh_) shall be forsaken (â_zab_)” and
“Ekron shall be rooted up (_âkar_)” there is a paronomasia, or
play on the words, similar to that in Micah 1:10, _et seq._
AT THE NOON DAY....
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כִּ֤י עַזָּה֙ עֲזוּבָ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ה וְ
אַשְׁקְלֹ֖ון...
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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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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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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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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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For (c) Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall
drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
(c) He comforts the faithful in that God would change his punishm...
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Shall be, or "is." The prophets often represent future things as past,
to shew the certainty of the event. The destruction of other cities by
the Chaldeans, gave the Jews to understand what they had t...
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"For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall
drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. (5)
Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the
Cher...
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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 begins here to console the elect; for when God’s
vengeance had passed away, which would only be for a time against
them, the heathens and foreigners would find God in their turn to be
thei...
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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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FOR GAZA SHALL BE FORSAKEN,.... Therefore seek the Lord; and not to
the Philistines, since they would be destroyed, to whom Gaza, and the
other cities later mentioned, belonged; so Aben Ezra connects...
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For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall
drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
Ver. 4. _For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Askelon, &c._] Here is
daint...
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_For Gaza shall be forsaken_ The prophet digresses here to foretel the
fate of some cities and nations bordering on Judea; probably with a
view to show that when Judea should be invaded, and Jerusalem...
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For Gaza shall be forsaken, overthrown and forgotten. AND ASHKELON A
DESOLATION; THEY SHALL DRIVE OUT ASHDOD, the chief seat of the worship
of Dagon, AT THE NOON DAY, since she would be helpless even...
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THE EXHORTATION AND THE DOOM OF THE PHILISTINES...
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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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FOR; it is time to seek some refuge, high time to seek it in God, for
your neighbours, as well as you, shall be destroyed, there shall he no
refuge for you among your neighbours. GAZA; a chief city of...
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THE PHILISTINES (ZEPHANIAH 2:4).
Zephaniah 2:4
‘For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation.
They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.
Woe to the inhabitants of...
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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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_For Gaza shall be forsaken._
THE SINNER’S BALEFUL INFLUENCE, AND GOD’S DISPOSAL OF ALL
I. The calamities falling upon one sinner often involve others. The
ruin of the Hebrew nation would be most ca...
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ZEPHANIAH 2:4 Nations Warned. As in Amos 1:3, this passage first
focuses on Israel’s neighbors and enemies (Zephaniah 2:4), whom
Judah would
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ZEPHANIAH 2:4. FOR] The punishment of neighbouring states a warning.
Five nations, from all quarters of the earth, to indicate universality
of judgment. GAZA] and cities of Philistine...
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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 1:6; Ezekiel 25:15; Jeremiah 15:8; Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 4
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For — It is time to seek God; for your neighbours, as well as you,
shall be destroyed. Gaza — A chief city of the Philistines. They —
The Babylonians. Shall drive — Into captivity. At the noon day —
I...