Zephaniah 3:8-20 ESV

The Biblical Illustrator - Zephaniah 3:14-17

Zephaniah 3:14-17Sing, O daughter of Zion.Joy: human and DivineHere 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 regenerated man.1. The joy of gratitude for the deliverance from evil.2. The joy of conscious security.II. The joy of the regenerating God. The joy of infinite benevolence. In this joy the redeemed will participate. (Homilist.)Exhortation to joyThese words form the basis of an exhortation to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Zephaniah 3:16

Zephaniah 3:16Let not thine hands be slack.The Church of Christ exhorted to diligenceI. These words suggest to the Church of Christ that there is a work to be performed. The caution “not to be slack” implies an injunction to be diligent, and is supposed to refer first to the rebuilding of the temple, and then to the spread of the Church of Christ in Gospel days. To assertain the special work to be performed we have only to acquaint ourselves with the sacred character and required employment of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Zephaniah 3:17

Zephaniah 3:17The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty.God in the midst of His ChurchAlmost all the messages of the prophets to the ancient Church begin with the most awful threatenings and end with the most animating promises.I. What is here said to the Church by way of encouragement.1. The Church is encouraged by the assurance that Jehovah is her God, her own covenant God.2. By assurances of God’s everlasting, unchanging love, and of His gracious designs respecting her. He has formed... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Zephaniah 3:18

Zephaniah 3:18I will gather them that are sorrowful.Comfort to mourners for the loss of solemn assembliesI. God doth sometimes suffer the solemn assembly to lie under reproach.1. When does it lie under reproach?(1) When the presence of God is departed from the public ordinances.(2) When a reformation has been intended, and cannot be accomplished, but is stayed and hindered.(3) When the ways of Zion mourn and are unfrequented.(4) When the members are scattered and driven from one another, that... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 3:8

Zep 3:8 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 indignation, [even] all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. Ver. 8. Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, &c. ] Stand forth, and hear your doom; which that ye may know that I do not precipitate or rashly pass upon you, "Wait ye upon me,"... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 3:9

Zep 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. Ver. 9. For then will I turn to the people a pure language ] "Then," when my sword hath rid circuit, Ecclesiastes 8:17 , and been bathed in the blood of all nations, for their many and mighty sins, "I will turn to the people," I will turn mine hand upon the little ones, mine elect, that remnant reserved for royal use. These I will bring, not into the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 3:10

Zep 3:10 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 Chusaea, which lay between Judea and Egypt. Confer Isaiah 18:1 ; Isaiah 18:7 . Some understand it of Ethiopia, which is beyond the river Nile, and hath two very great rivers. See this in part fulfilled by that Ethiopian eunuch, Acts 8:26-40 ; neither may we think that he was alone in that... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 3:11

Zep 3:11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. Ver. 11. In that day shalt thou not be ashamed ] There is a holy shame for sin, such as was that of Ezra, Ezra 9:6 , of the penitent publican, Luke 18:13 , and of those good souls in Ezekiel, who blushing and bleeding loathed themselves for... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 3:12

Zep 3:12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. Ver. 12. I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people ] Poor and therein afflicted, therefore despised. Poverty is an affliction, and makes a man trodden upon, Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, Quam quod ridicules homines facit, Men will be sure to go over the hedge where it is lowest. Hence St Paul joins them together, I have learned to... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 3:13

Zep 3:13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make [them] afraid. Ver. 13. The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity ] Sanctity and security are here promised to all the citizens of the Church. Being justified by Christ they shall do righteousness and truth: there shall no way of wickedness be found in them, Psalms 139:24 , they shall be kept from foul flagitious... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Zephaniah 3:14-17

The Biblical Illustrator - Zephaniah 3:16

The Biblical Illustrator - Zephaniah 3:17

The Biblical Illustrator - Zephaniah 3:18

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 3:8

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 3:9

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 3:10

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 3:11

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 3:12

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 3:13

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