Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Zephaniah 2:1-15
CHAPTERS 2-3:8 The Call to Repentance in View of the Judgment 1. The call to repentance (Zephaniah 2:1-3 ) 2. The judgment of the Philistines (Zephaniah 2:4-7 ) 3. The judgment of Moab and Ammon (Zephaniah 2:8-10 ) 4. The judgment of the other nations (Zephaniah 2:11-15 ) 5. The woe and warning to Jerusalem and His people (Zephaniah 3:1-8 ) Zephaniah 2:1-3 . As we found it in Joel, so it is here. In view of the coming of the day, the call goes forth to the nation to humble themselves... read more
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:4-15
NINIVE DELENDAZephaniah 2:4-15THERE 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 proclaimed. But though dated from the same period as that prophecy, circa 626, these oracles are best treated by themselves.These oracles originally formed one passage in the well-known Qinah or elegiac measure; but this has suffered sadly both by dilapidation and rebuilding. How mangled the text is... read more