-
Verse Zephaniah 3:10. _FROM BEYOND THE RIVERS OF ETHIOPIA_] This may
denote both _Africa_ and the southern _Arabia_. _Bochart_ thinks that
_Arabia_ _Chusaer_ is meant; and that the rivers are _Besor_...
-
FROM BEYOND THE RIVERS OF ETHIOPIA - (See Isaiah 18:1.) The farthest
southern people, with whom the Jews had contact, stand as the type of
the whole world beyond. The utmost bound of the known inhabit...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
The verse is obscure on account of the uncertain meaning of several
expressions in it. Its general sense is that the heathen nations, even
those most distant, shall do homage to Jehovah and present of...
-
The conversion of the nations and of Israel
Though Zephaniah 3:8 describes the universal judgment, it is closely
connected with Zephaniah 3:9. The judgment is not an end in itself;
the conversion of...
-
_WAIT UPON THE LORD -- ZEPHANIAH 3:8-13:_ God gave a very specific
promise that His judgment was coming upon the Jews. He promised that
He would punish them with fiery anger. God's faithful prophets h...
-
FROM BEYOND THE RIVERS, &C.— _From the borders of the rivers of
Ethiopia, those whom I have hitherto dispersed shall become my
suppliants, and shall bring me an offering._ Houbigant. The Jews,
dispers...
-
THE PROMISE OF REDEMPTION. Zephaniah 3:9-13
RV. For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may
all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent. From
beyond the riv...
-
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter
of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
FROM BEYOND THE RIVERS OF ETHIOPIA MY SUPPLIANTS [ `ªtaaray (H6282),
from `aatar (H62...
-
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...
-
RM reads, 'From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia shall they bring my
suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, for an offering unto
me.'
14-20. A Messianic hymn, in which not the Messiah but Jehova...
-
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...
-
(8-10) This is an enlargement of the consolation addressed to the
“meek of the earth” in Zephaniah 2:3, and of the prediction of
Zephaniah 2:11. The great day of the Lord, which shall overthrow all
th...
-
THE DAUGHTER OF MY DISPERSED. — _i.e.,_ dropping the Hebrew idiom,
“my dispersed people.” Even from the southern limit of the known
world shall the new Church draw adherents. The “dispersed people”
ar...
-
מֵ עֵ֖בֶר לְ נַֽהֲרֵי ־כ֑וּשׁ
עֲתָרַי֙ בַּת
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
_Ethiopia. The Nile arises in that country, and runs through Egypt and
Arabia, which is often styled Ethiopia or Cush, Isaias xviii. 1. The
Jews came from Egypt to adore at Jerusalem, even after the b...
-
"Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise
up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I
may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignatio...
-
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...
-
Interpreters agree not as to the meaning of this verse; for some of
the Hebrews connect this with the former, as though the Prophet was
still speaking of the calling of the Gentiles. But others, with...
-
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...
-
FROM BEYOND THE RIVERS OF ETHIOPIA,.... Either the African Ethiopia,
or Arabia Chusea, which lay between Judea and Egypt: here some
particular places and people are mentioned, in whom the preceding
pr...
-
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, [even] the daughter
of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
Ver. 10. _From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia_] Heb. Of Chush, that is
of Arabia Chusa...
-
_From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia_ The expression, מעבר,
rendered _from beyond_, may be translated, _from the borders of_, as
it signifies indifferently the _hither_ or _further_ side of a river.
In...
-
THE SALVATION OF THE DAUGHTER OF ZION...
-
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, from the remotest corners of the
earth, MY SUPPLIANTS, those who would worship Jehovah in spirit and in
truth, EVEN THE DAUGHTER OF MY DISPERSED, gained for the Lor...
-
8-13 The preaching of the gospel is predicted, when vengeance would
be executed on the Jewish nation. The purifying doctrines of the
gospel, or the pure language of the grace of the Lord, would teach...
-
FROM BEYOND THE RIVERS; the coasts which lie beyond the rivers of
India, saith the Chaldee paraphrast, but I doubt whether the captive
Jews were carried so far. OF ETHIOPIA, in Arabia, bordering on Eg...
-
Zephaniah 3:10 beyond H5676 rivers H5104 Ethiopia H3568 worshipers
H6282 daughter H1323 dispersed H6327 (H8803) bring...
-
THE FUTURE HOPE WILL FOLLOW JUDGMENT (ZEPHANIAH 3:8).
Zephaniah 3:8
“Therefore wait for me,” says YHWH,
“Until the day that I rise up for a witness.
For my considered decision is to gather the nat...
-
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...
-
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...
-
_Therefore wait ye upon Me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise
up to the prey._
THE ENCOURAGING ASPECTS OF GOD’S JUDGMENTS
In this latter portion of his prophecy, in language pathetic,
awe-in...
-
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....
-
ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 3:10 Israelite exiles will come home
FROM BEYOND THE RIVERS OF CUSH (Zephaniah 1:1;...
-
CRITICAL NOTES.]
Zephaniah 3:9. For] The reason for judgment, _lip_ purity of language,
“effusions of devotion,” springing from renewed hearts. CONSENT]
Shoulder; a metaphor from burden-bearers with...
-
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...
-
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...
-
1 Peter 1:1; Acts 24:17; Acts 8:27; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 18:1;...
-
My dispersed — The praying remnant of the scattered Jews shall
return to their own land, and bring themselves an offering unto the
Lord....