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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zephaniah 3:14-20

(14-20) The blessedness of Jerusalem when she has been thus brought through suffering to glory.

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See also Zephaniah 3:14-20 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zephaniah 3:14. _SING, O DAUGHTER OF ZION_] Here is not only a gracious prophetic promise of their restoration from captivity, but of their conversion to God through Christ....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SING, O DAUGHTER OF SION; SHOUT, O ISRAEL; BE GLAD AND REJOICE WITH ALL THE HEART, O DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM - Very remarkable throughout all these verses is the use of the sacred number three, secretly...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SING, &C. Figure of speech _Poeonismus._ App-6....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Sing, O daughter of Zion_ Isaiah 54:1....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1231 THE DUTY OF THANKFULNESS FOR GOD’S MERCIES Zephaniah 3:14. _Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. The Lord hath t...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SING, O DAUGHTER OF ZION— These hymns of joy, though in some measure applicable to the return of the captivity, yet in their full propriety belong to the times of the Gospel. _The king of Israel,_ spo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. SING, O DAUGHTER OF ZION. The prophet in mental vision sees the joyful day of Zion prese...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    רָנִּי֙ בַּת ־צִיֹּ֔ון הָרִ֖יעוּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל שִׂמְחִ֤י...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet confirms what he has been teaching, and encourages the faithful to rejoice, as though he saw with his eyes what he had previously promised. For thus the Prophets, while encouraging the fai...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SING, O DAUGHTER OF ZION,.... The congregation of Zion, as the Targum; the church of Christ in Gospel times, which has great reason to sing and rejoice, because of the coming of Christ, redemption by...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. Ver. 14. _Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel_] Joy is the just man's portion, which...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Sing, O daughter of Zion_ At that time, O daughter of Zion, thou shalt break forth into loud and joyful praises to Jehovah, for his goodness toward thee; and thou mayest even now do it, for thou shal...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SALVATION OF THE DAUGHTER OF ZION...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Sing, O daughter of Zion, the Church of the New Testament; SHOUT, O ISRAEL, namely, the spiritual Israel; BE GLAD AND REJOICE WITH ALL THE HEART, O DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM, for the communion of the sain...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    For all these mercies the church is enjoined to be thankful, and to rejoice, and it is trebled, SING, SHOUT, AND REJOICE, O DAUGHTER OF ZION, ISRAEL, AND DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM: the same persons, the s...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zephaniah 3:14 Sing H7442 (H8798) daughter H1323 Zion H6726 Shout H7321 (H8685) Israel H3478 glad H8055 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 3:14 The defiled city and nation (v. Zephaniah 3:1) will again be called the beloved DAUGHTER OF ZION ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezra 3:11; Isaiah 12:6; Isaiah 24:14; Isaiah 35:2; Isaiah 40:9;...

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