WOE. Alas for! See note on "For", Zephaniah 2:4. HER: i.e. Jerusalem. See the Structure, p. 1272. FILTHY. rebellious. POLLUTED. Hebrew. _ga'al,_ (1) to redeem: (2) to make or deem common or unclean.. _Homonym,_ with two meanings. Not the same word as in Zephaniah 3:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHE RECEIVED NOT. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "neither hath she accepted". CORRECTION. discipline. TRUSTED. confided. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. Not the same word as in Zephaniah 3:12. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SHE DREW NOT NEAR, &C.... [ Continue Reading ]
GNAW NOT: or, reserve not.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIGHT. reckless. TREACHEROUS PERSONS. men (Hebrew. _'enosh,_ App-14.) of treacheries; placing the emphasis on the treachery. POLLUTED. profaned. Hebrew. _halal._ Not the same word as in Zephaniah 3:1. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:8; Leviticus 21:23; Leviticus 22:15.Numbers 18:32; Numbers... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE MIDST THEREOF. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 5:3.Deuteronomy 7:21; Deuteronomy 7:21). App-92. Compare Zephaniah 3:15. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. EVERY MORNING. morning by morning. See Psalms 101:8. UNJUST. perverse. Hebrew. _'aval._ See App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOWERS. See note on Zephaniah 1:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
CORRUPTED, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 6:12, same word). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE, &C. The _Massorah_ (App-30 and App-93) calls attention to the fact that this verse (Zephaniah 3:8) contains all the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, including the five final letters. This implies that the verse takes in the whole purpose of Jehovah concerning Israel. UPON: or, for. SAITH... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN: i.e. after all that is implied in Zephaniah 3:8. Note the order of the blessings in "9, 10": Gentiles first, and Israel after; But in "18-20-", Israel first, and Gentiles after. PEOPLE. peoples. A PURE LANGUAGE. a lip purified: i.e.. clean lip in contrast with "unclean" lips (Isaiah 6:5). PU... [ Continue Reading ]
SUPPLIANTS. worshippers. Hebrew. _'athar._ Occurs in this sense nowhere else. From _'ath_ ar. to burn incense (Ezekiel 8:11); hence to pray or worship. THE DAUGHTER OF MY DISPERSED: i.e. My dispersed People [Israel].... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSED. Hebrew. _pasha'_. App-44. BECAUSE OF. in.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUST. flee for refuge to. Hebrew. _hasah._ App-69. Not the same word as in Zephaniah 3:2. THE NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THEY SHALL FEED, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:5; Leviticus 26:6). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
SING, &C. Figure of speech _Poeonismus._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENEMY. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "foes" (plural) IN THE MIDST, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 7:21). SEE. The Codex Hillel, quoted in the _Massorah,_ (App-30 and App-93) with some codices, three early printed editions (one Rabbinic, marg), Aramaea... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR THOU NOT. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 7:21). BE SLACK. hang down.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS MIGHTY; HE WILL SAVE. The Hebrew accents place the chief pause or emphasis on "save", implying not that He will save at some future time, but that He is an ever-present Saviour. Read "Jehovah thy Elohim is in the midst of thee, mighty to save [at all times]". Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy... [ Continue Reading ]
SORROWFUL FOR. Supply the _Ellipsis_. "sorrowful for [the cessation of]". SOLEMN ASSEMBLY. appointed season. A BURDEN. Some codices, with one early printed edition (Rabbinic, margin), Aramaean, and Syriac, read "aburden on thee".... [ Continue Reading ]
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 8:18, or as in Zephaniah 2:1. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 30:3; Deuteronomy 30:4). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. WILL MAKE YOU, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 26:19). App-92. TURN BACK YOUR CAPTIVITY. Hebrew, plural. Idiom for restoring blessings as aforetime. See note on Deuteronomy 30:3, SAITH. hath said.... [ Continue Reading ]