the midst of thee That this, and all like passages in the Prophets (see "Kingdom (O.T.)," Genesis 1:26; Zechariah 12:8 cannot refer to anything which occurred at the first coming of Christ is clear from the context. The precise reverse was true. (See Scofield "Zechariah 12:8- :") . read more
Chapter 3Now 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 near to her God ( Zephaniah 3:1-2 ).So God's indictment against her: she wouldn't listen, she wouldn't obey, she wouldn't receive correction, she wouldn't trust in the Lord, she would not draw near to God.Her princes within her are as roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw... read more
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 reads, I have cut off the palaces of Damascus, and of Samaria, so that no man now walks in their streets. This had been recently done by Salmanezer, king of Assyria; yet Jerusalem took no warning by the fall of her sister Samaria. Zephaniah 3:8 . Therefore, wait ye upon me, saith the Lord. ... read more
Zephaniah 3:6-8I have cut off the nations.Terrible calamities in human historyIn these verses the prophet sums up all that he had said in the preceding verses of this chapter, and thus closes his admonition to repentance with the announcement of tremendous judgments. These verses remind us of the following great truths--I. That there is a sense in which the most terrible calamities in human history may be ascribed to God. Here He is represented as cutting off the nations, destroying their... read more
Zephaniah 3:8-10Therefore wait ye upon Me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey.The encouraging aspects of God’s judgmentsIn this latter portion of his prophecy, in language pathetic, awe-inspiring, and sublime, Zephaniah foretells “the restitution of all things,” when “all the ends of the earth shall remember themselves, and turn unto the Lord.”I. the beneficent end which the Almighty has in view in sending the judgments referred to.1. The conversion of the heathen.2. The... read more
Zephaniah 3:9For then will I turn to the nations a pure lip, that they may all invoke the name of the Lord, and serve Him with one shoulder.On serving God with one shoulder“Then!” When? In the day in which God has risen up to pour out all the heat of His fury on the nations and kingdoms of the earth. No question more frequently and deeply frets our hearts than this,--What is the meaning, what the intention of the innumerable miseries by which we are tormented? What is the true function of the... read more
Zephaniah 3:11-13In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings.A sketch of a morally regenerated cityI. The utter absence of bad. There is an absence of--1. Painful memories. “In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings.” Thou wilt not need to be ashamed of all thy iniquities--(1) Because they are all forgiven,(2) Because they will occur no more.2. Wicked citizens. “I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride.”3. All crimes. “The remnant of... read more
Zephaniah 3:12I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord.The rich povertyI. God’s dealings with His poor Church when He comes to visit the world. “I will leave in the midst of thee.” God will have some in the worst time. This is an article of our faith. We believe in the “holy Catholic Church.” The world should not stand were it not for a company in the world that are His. Though God’s people be but a few, yet hath He a special... read more
Zephaniah 3:13The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity.The saved remnantThe “remnant” is those who are left after the sifting out. God is ever sifting out, and the unworthy fall through the meshes of the mighty sieve. They are swept up and east out, but the worthy remain. He sifted Israel. The Captivity tested them. He sifted the infant Church. Persecution proved its members. The text refers to the blessed privilege of those who shall endure.I. Their number. Only a “remnant” It was but a... read more
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Scofield's Reference Notes - Zephaniah 3:13
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