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Verse 6. _AND THE SEA-COASTS SHALL BE DWELLINGS_] _Newcome_ considers
כרת _keroth_ as a proper name, not _cottages_ or _folds_. The
_Septuagint_ have κρητη, _Crete_, and so has the _Syriac_. Abp.
_Sec...
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THE SEACOAST SHALL BE DWELLINGS AND COTTAGES - o, literally, cuttings
or diggings. This is the central meaning of the word; the place of the
Cherethites (the cutters off) shall be “cheroth” of shepher...
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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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DWELLINGS. pastures.
COTTAGES. pens....
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The text of Zephaniah 2:6 is probably in disorder, as the rhythmical
balance of the verse is quite obscured. The Sept. also read
differently, the words _the sea coast_being wanting in their text.
Thes...
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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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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 the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and
folds for flocks.
AND THE SEA COAST SHALL BE DWELLINGS AND COTTAGES FOR SHEPHERDS, [
nªwot (H5116) kªrot (H3741)] - rather, dwel...
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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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וְֽ הָיְתָ֞ה חֶ֣בֶל הַ יָּ֗ם נְוֹ֛ת
כְּרֹ֥ת
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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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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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_Shepherds. Merchants shall come no longer, the country being subdued
by Nabuchodonosor, and by the Machabees, ver. 7. --- Alexander ruined
Gaza. (Curtius iv.)_...
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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 RESTING FLOCK AT EVENTIDE’_
‘The sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and
folds for flocks. And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house
of Judah; they shall feed the...
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The Prophet confirms what he has before said respecting the future
vengeance of God, which was now nigh at hand to the Moabites and other
neighboring nations, who had been continually harassing the mi...
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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 THE SEA COAST SHALL BE DWELLINGS [AND] COTTAGES FOR SHEPHERDS,....
That tract of land which lay on the coast of the Mediterranean sea,
inhabited by the Philistines, should now become so desolate,...
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And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds, and
folds for flocks.
Ver. 6. _And the sea coasts shall be dwellings and cottages for
shepherds_] It shall be waste and untilled, an...
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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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And the seacoast, then teeming with the life of rich commercial
cities, SHALL BE DWELLINGS AND COTTAGES FOR SHEPHERDS, dugouts and
shanties, or places for pastures where they would carry on the work o...
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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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This confirms the former, tells us what shall be in those parts;
instead of cities full of rich citizens, there shall be cottages for
shepherds watching over their flocks....
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Zephaniah 2:6 seacoast H3220 H2256 pastures H5116 shelters H3741
shepherds H7462 (H8802) folds H1448 flocks H6629
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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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ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 2:6 The term REMNANT shows two sides of
God’s relationship with his people. His judgment will be so severe
that only a few survivors (a “remnant”) will remain (v....
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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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Ezekiel 25:5; Isaiah 17:2; Zephaniah 2:14; Zephaniah 2:15...
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For shepherds — Instead of cities full of rich citizens, there shall
be only cottages for shepherds....