I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, [and] corrupted all their doings. 7. God’s purpose in these judgments on the nations was that Israel should take warning from them and receive instruction. I said ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 3:7”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 3:6
I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. 6. Zep 3:6 continues the preceding: Jehovah’s righteous rule is exercised not only in the midst of Israel itself but also … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 3:6”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 3:5
The just LORD [is] in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. 5. All these wrongs they practise undeterred and uninstructed by the presence and operations of the righteous Lord in the midst of them. The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 3:5”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets [are] light [and] treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 4. Her prophets are light ] Both the idea and the expression find a parallel in Jer 23:32, “I am against them that prophesy false dreams, and cause my people to err by their lies, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 3:4”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes within her [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 3. Every class does evil, each in its own way. A very full parallel is Eze 22:25-28 (in Eze 22:25 read princes). The “princes” may be the royal house, or the magnates in whose hands … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 3:3”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 3:2
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. 2. She obeyed not the voice ] i.e. the voice of God by the prophets. Jer 7:23; Jer 22:21. she received not correction ] Or, instruction, Jer 5:3. Comp. Jer 7:28, “This is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 3:2”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! 1. filthy and polluted ] As R.V., rebellious and polluted. Her “pollution” comes from bloodshed (Isa 1:15, “your hands are full of blood;” Eze 24:9, “Woe to the bloody city”), but possibly also partly from other sins, cf. Isa 4:4, “the filth of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 3:1”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 2:15
This [is] the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I [am], and [there is] none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, [and] wag his hand. 15. A inah or elegy on Nineveh. the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 2:15”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 2:14
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; [their] voice shall sing in the windows; desolation [shall be] in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work. 14. all the beasts of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 2:14”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 2:13
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, [and] dry like a wilderness. 13. stretch out his hand ] See on Zep 1:4. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 13 15. Threat against Assyria The passage naturally implies that the Assyrian empire … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 2:13”