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Verse Zephaniah 3:16. _FEAR THOU NOT_] Thou shalt have no more
captivities nor national afflictions.
_LET NOT THINE HANDS BE SLACK._] This may refer, _first_, to the
rebuilding of the temple of God,...
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IN THAT DAY IT SHALL BE SAID TO JERUSALEM, FEAR THOU NOT - For
“perfect love casteth out fear” John 4:18; from where he saith,
“Fear not, little flock; it is your Father’s good pleasure to give
you th...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Let not thine hands be slack_ that is, _hang down_, in terror or
paralysis. Jeremiah 6:24; Hebrews 12:12....
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_THE LORD WILL BLESS HIS PEOPLE -- ZEPHANIAH 3:14-17:_ The expression
"Daughter of Zion" refers to Jerusalem and her people. Everyone in
Jerusalem could celebrate and shout because they had been deliv...
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LET NOT THINE HANDS BE SLACK— _Let not thine hands fall down._
Houbigant. See Hebrews 12:12....
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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...
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In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to
Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
IN THAT DAY IT SHALL BE SAID ... TO ZION, LET NOT THINE HANDS BE
SLACK - (). Do not faint in th...
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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...
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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...
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Compare Isaiah 35:3; Isaiah 62:11, _et seq.
_...
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(14-20) The blessedness of Jerusalem when she has been thus brought
through suffering to glory....
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בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֔וּא יֵאָמֵ֥ר לִ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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 proceeds still to confirm the same truth, but employs a
different mode of speaking. It shall, he says, be then said everywhere
to Zion, _Fear not, let not thine hands be let down_, etc. Fo...
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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...
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IN THAT DAY IT SHALL BE SAID TO JERUSALEM, FEAR THOU NOT,.... Do not
be afraid of any enemies; neither outward ones, the armies of Gog and
Magog, the Turk, who will threaten, and will attempt to dispo...
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In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: [and to]
Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
Ver. 16. _Fear thou not_] Why shouldest thou while the King of Israel
is in the midst of thee? B...
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_In that day_ Or, _time of restitution_, when the captives shall
return and be settled in their own land; _it shall be said to
Jerusalem _ By prophets, or by friends congratulating and encouraging
the...
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In that day, in the great Messianic period, IT SHALL BE SAID TO
JERUSALEM, FEAR THOU NOT, this being the fundamental note of the
Gospel-message, as both the Christmas and the Easter stories show; AND...
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THE SALVATION OF THE DAUGHTER OF ZION...
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SLACK:
Or, faint...
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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...
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IN THAT DAY; the day or time of restitution, when the captivity
returned shall be settled in their land. IT SHALL BE SAID; by
prophets, or by friends, congratulating them, or by each to other. TO
JERU...
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Zephaniah 3:16 day H3117 said H559 (H8735) Jerusalem H3389 fear H3372
(H8799) Zion H6726 hands H3027 weak...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Let not thine hands be slack._
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST EXHORTED TO DILIGENCE
I. These words suggest to the Church of Christ that there is a work to
be performed. The caution “not to be slack” implies a...
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_Sing, O daughter of Zion._
JOY: HUMAN AND DIVINE
Here is a call to the regenerated inhabitants of Jerusalem to exult in
the mercy of God, who has wrought their deliverance.
I. The joy of the regen...
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ZEPHANIAH 3:9 Anticipation of Hope. God the judge is also God the
gracious. He intends for the nations and Judah to turn to him (vv.
Zephaniah 3:9). This will cause rejoicing (vv....
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Zephaniah 3:14.] Fulness of joy indicated by repetition of words.
ZEPHANIAH 3:15.] The reasons given for exultation. Evil removed,
enemies destroyed, full enjoyment of God’s presen...
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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...
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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...
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2 Corinthians 4:1; Ephesians 3:13; Galatians 6:9; Haggai 2:4; Haggai
2:5