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Verse 7. _THE COAST SHALL BE FOR THE REMNANT_] Several devastations
fell on the Philistines. Gaza was ruined by the army of Alexander the
Great, and the _Maccabees_ finally accomplished all that was p...
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AND THE COAST SHALL BE - Or probably, “It shall be a portion for the
remnant of the house of Judah.” He uses the word, employed in the
first assignment of the land to Israel ; and of the whole people...
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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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BE FOR. Supply the _Ellipsis_. "be for [a possession] to".
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.
SHALL VISIT THEM. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 50:24.Exodus 3:16;
Exodus 3:16). App-92.
THEM: i.e. the r...
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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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THE COAST SHALL BE FOR THE REMNANT— That is, the Maccabees who
subdued the Philistines and the Ammonites. See Zephaniah 2:9....
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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 coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they
shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in
the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and tur...
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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:
• (the *LOR...
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(4-7) The sentence against the great Philistine strongholds....
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וְ הָ֣יָה חֶ֗בֶל לִ שְׁאֵרִ֛ית בֵּ֥ית
יְהוּדָ֖ה עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם יִרְע֑וּן בְּ
בָתֵּ֣י אַשְׁקְלֹ֗ון בָּ †...
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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 wo...
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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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And the coast shall be for the (e) remnant of the house of Judah; they
shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in
the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and...
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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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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 COAST SHALL BE FOR THE REMNANT OF THE HOUSE OF JUDAH,.... The
same tract of land become so desolate through the Chaldeans, should in
future time, when those that remained of the Jews were retu...
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And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they
shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in
the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn...
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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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THE EXHORTATION AND THE DOOM OF THE PHILISTINES...
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FOR:
Or, when, etc....
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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 t...
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THE COAST, the sea-coast, the land of the Philistines, SHALL BE FOR
THE REMNANT, either that escaped, as some did, or else survived the
captivity; OF THE HOUSE OF JUDAH; the two tribes, one named, bot...
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Zephaniah 2:7 coast H2256 remnant H7611 house H1004 Judah H3063 feed
H7462 (H8799) houses H1004 Ashkelon H831 down H7257 (H8799) evening
H6153 LORD H3068 God H430 intervene H6485 (H8799) return H7725...
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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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REMNANT
(_ See Scofield) - (Jeremiah 15:21). _...
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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 have happily joined in criticizing. Then the prophet
addres...
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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 Philistin...
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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 r...
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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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Acts 8:26; Acts 8:40; Amos 9:14; Amos 9:15; Exodus 4:31; Ezekiel
39:25; Genesis 50:24; Haggai 1:12; Haggai 2:2; Isaiah 11:11;...
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The coast — The sea — coast, the land of the Philistines. The
remnant — That survive the captivity. Shall feed — Their flocks.
In the houses — In places where these formerly stood. They — Both
shepher...