20<\/strong>. even in the time that I gather you<\/em> ] The sense is probably as R.V., and at that time will I gather you<\/strong>, though the language of the original is very anomalous.<\/p>\n among all people of the earth<\/em> ] all the peoples<\/strong> of the earth.<\/p>\n turn back your captivity<\/em> ] See on Zep 2:7<\/span>.<\/p>\n before your eyes<\/em> ] The deliverance shall not be delayed till their eyes are closed and be seen only by their children. Their own eyes shall see it. “This generation shall not pass away till all be fulfilled.” Isa 52:8<\/span>.<\/p>\n At that time will I bring you in – <\/B>that is, into the one fold, the one Church, the one Household of God, even in the time that I gather you. That time is the whole time of the Gospel; the one day of salvation, in which all who shall ever be gathered, shall be brought into the new Jerusalem. These words were fulfilled, when, at our Lords first Coming, the remnant, the true Israel, those ordained to eternal life were brought in. It shall be fulfilled again, when the fullness of the Gentiles shall be come in, and so all Israel shall be saved Rom 11:25-26<\/span>. It shall most perfectly be fulfilled at the end, when there shall be no going out of those once brought in, and those who have gathered others into the Church, shall be a name and a praise among all people of the earth, those whom God hath redeemed out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation Rev 5:9<\/span>, shining like stars forever and ever.<\/P> When I turn back your captivity – <\/B>Rup.: That conversion, then begun, now perfected, when the dead shall rise and they shall be placed on the right hand, soon to receive the kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world. O mighty spectacle of the reversed captivity of those once captives; mighty wonder at their present blessedness, as they review the misery of their past captivity! Before your eyes, so that we shall see what we now believe and hope for, the end of all our sufferings, chastisements, losses, achings of the heart, the fullness of our Redemption. That which our eyes have looked for, our eyes shall behold and not another, the everliving God as He is, face to Face; saith the Lord, Who is the Truth Itself, all Whose words will be fulfilled. heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away Mar 13:31<\/span>, saith He who is God blessed forever. And so the prophet closes in the thought of Him, Whose Name is I am, the Unchangeable, the everlasting Rest and Center of those who, having been once captives and halting and scattered among the vanities of the world, turn to Him, to whom be glory and thanksgiving forever and ever. Amen.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 20<\/span>. At that time<\/B><\/I>] First<\/I>, when the seventy<\/I> years of the Babylonish captivity shall terminate. “I will bring you again” to your own land; and this restoration shall be a type of their redemption from sin and iniquity; and at this time<\/I>, and at this only, will they have a name<\/I> and praise<\/I> among all<\/I> the people<\/I> of the earth<\/I>, not only among the Jews, but the Gentiles.<\/P> <\/P> Before your eyes<\/B><\/I>] Some read before THEIR eyes<\/I>; that is, the eyes of all people. On their conversion to Christianity, they shall become as eminent as they ever were in the most illustrious days of their history, Lord, hasten the conversion of Israel! Amen.<\/P> <\/p>\n This verse is a repetition of the promise for the greater assurance of it, and seems to add but little to what was before promised, unless it be the speediness of what God doth for them, and the comprehensiveness of it; he will turn back their captivities, Heb. plural, whether under Manasseh, or Jehoiakim, or Jeconiah, or Zedekiah; all which is confirmed with the broad seal of Heaven, <\/P> Thus saith the Lord.<\/B> Believe, then, and rejoice in it. <\/P> <\/p>\n 20. make you a name . . .praise<\/B>make you to become celebrated and praised. <\/P> turn back yourcaptivity<\/B>bring back your captives [MAURER].The Hebrew<\/I> is plural,<\/I> “captivities”; toexpress the captivities of different ages of their history, as wellas the diversity of places in which they were and are dispersed. <\/P> before your eyes<\/B>Incredibleas the event may seem, your own eyes<\/I> with delight shall seeit. You will scarcely believe it for joy, but the testimony of yourown eyes shall convince you of the delightful reality (compare Lu24:41<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n At that time I will bring you [again], even in the time that I gather you<\/strong>,…. That is, at the time that the Lord will gather them in the effectual calling to himself and to his church, he will return them to their own land; and, as soon as the Jews are converted, they will not only be gathered into Christian churches, but will be gathered together in one body, and appoint themselves one head; and will go up out of each of the lands wherein they have been dispersed, and enter into their own land, and possess it; at the same time they are made partakers of the grace of God, they will enjoy all their civil privileges and liberties; see Ho 1:11<\/span>:<\/p>\n for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth<\/strong>; this is repeated from the preceding verse Zep 3:19<\/span>, for the confirmation of it; and in connection with the following clause, to show when it will be:<\/p>\n when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord<\/strong>; or “captivities” x; meaning not the several captivities of the kings of Judah in Babylon, as of Manasseh, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah; but the two fold captivity of this people, literal and spiritual; their present outward exile from their own land, captivity and dispersion among the nations; and their spiritual captivity or bondage, to sin, Satan, the law, and the traditions of their elders; from both which they will be delivered at one and the same time; and which will be notorious and manifest; what their eyes will see with pleasure and admiration; and which may he depended upon will be done, since the Lord has said it, whose purposes, promises, and prophecies, never fail of their accomplishment: he is God omniscient and knows with certainty what will be done; he is God omnipotent, and can and will do whatever he has determined, promised, or said should be done.<\/p>\n x “captivitates vestras”, Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin, Drusius.<\/p>\n He repeats the same things, with some change in the words; and not without reason, because no one of them thought that the Jews, who were cast as it were into the grave, would ever come forth again, and especially, that they would be raised unto such dignity and unto so elevated an honor. As then this was not probable, that Prophet confirms his prediction— I will restore you, says God, I will gather you, even because I have given you a name; that is, it is my resolved and fixed purpose to render you celebrated: but here again are laid down the words we have already noticed. <\/p>\n He afterwards adds— When I shall restore your captivities. The plural number is to be noticed; and not rightly nor prudently is what has been done by many interpreters, who have rendered the word in the singular number; for the Prophet mentions captivities designedly, as the Jews had not only been driven into exile, but had also been scattered through various countries, so that they were not one captive people, but many troops of captives. Hence his purpose was to obviate a doubt; for it would not have been enough that one captivity should be restored, except all who had been dispersed were collected into one body by the wonderful power of God. And hence he adds before your eyes, that the Jews might be convinced that they should be eye-witnesses of this miracle, which yet they could hardly conceive, without raising up their thoughts above the world. <\/p>\n (20) See Deu. 30:3<\/span>, et seq.<\/em><\/p>\n REFLECTIONS<\/p>\n<\/p>\n BLESSED Lord! how delightful is it to trace the footsteps of thy grace by the ministry of thy servants, in teaching and leading thy Church in all ages! How truly condescending was it, O Lord, to comfort the Church before their captivity, in the prospect of thy coming! And how truly gracious to open to their view such sweet features of thy person, character, and offices, as might direct their minds to the knowledge of thee in that day, when thou wouldest come to bind up the breaches of thy people, and to heal their wounds. Hail, thou holy Lord! Thou hast indeed fulfilled, and more than fulfilled, this prophecy of thy servant, in thy coming. Thou hast taken away the judgments of thy people, and cast out the enemy. Thou hast prevented the sight of evil anymore, by doing away sin, with all its dreadful consequences, by the sacrifice of thyself! Do thou then, O blessed Jesus, manifest the truth of this precious scripture, by thine indwelling residence in the midst of thy Church and people. Gather every poor follower of thine to thyself. Save her that halteth, and get praise and fame to thy glorious name, in every land where thy redeemed have been put to shame. Yea! blessed. Lord, prove by these sovereign acts of grace, that thou takest part in all that concerns thy Church, and that thou art, and ever will be Jesus, for thou wilt save thy people from their sins. And let thy people, as this scripture hath promised, be so completely and fully gathered to thee, that their name, in and from thine, may be a praise among all people of the earth, when thou hast turned back their captivity before their eyes, and thou hast put thy great name to the truth of it, as the Lord God ! Adieu Zephaniah! thou art indeed Zephaniah, or Zeph-neth-paaneah! for thou art a revealer of secrets, and hast faithfully revealed to the Church the wonders of redemption by Jesus. The Lord be adored for thy ministry, and the ministry of all his servants, and their faithfulness in Jesus! Amen<\/p>\n Zep 3:20 At that time will I bring you [again], even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.<\/p>\n Ver. 20. At that time will I bring you again<\/strong> ] And this I tell you again, that you may the better believe it; only you must wait my time, for, in time will I bring you again, and in time will I gather you, and in time will I make your name and a praise among all people of the earth, as before I promised; but you must give me time to do all this. He that believest maketh not haste. The vision is yet for an appointed time, Hab 2:3<\/span> . See Trapp on “<\/em> Hab 2:3 “<\/em> Limit not the Holy One of Israel, set him not a day, say not now or never; wake not your beloved till he please. He is a God of judgment, and waiteth to be gracious, Isa 30:18<\/span> . Have patience, therefore, yea, let patience have her perfect work, Jas 1:4<\/span> , that ye may receive a full reward, 2Jn 1:8<\/span> . For behold I come, and my reward is with me, to give you an expected end, Jer 29:11<\/span> . <\/p>\n <\/p>\n When I turn back your captivity<\/strong> ] Heb. Captivities; that is, all four captivities together For the Jews were carried captive to Babylon (1) Under Manasseh, 2Ch 33:11<\/span> . (2) Next, under Jehoiachim, 2Ch 36:6<\/span> . (3) Under Jechonias, 2Ki 24:12<\/span> 2Ch 36:10<\/span> . (4) Lastly, under Zedekiah, 2Ch 36:17<\/span> 2Ki 25:6<\/span> . All these shall be brought back together by an eminent and signal deliverance. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Before your eyes<\/strong> ] Those eyes of yours that failed almost for my salvation, and for the word of my righteousness, Psa 119:123<\/span> , shall see the accomplishment thereof, and be satisfied Psa 54:7<\/span> ; Psa 92:11<\/span> . Dexter tibi prae laetitia salter oculus.<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Saith the Lord<\/strong> ] This is the seal of all, and security sufficient, for Dei dixisse est fecisse<\/em> To God to have said is to have done, God will not suffer his faithfulness to fail nor alter the thing that is gone out of his lips Psa 89:33-34<\/span> . <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Laus Deo in aeternum.<\/p>\n for I will make you, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deu 26:19). App-92. <\/p>\n turn back your captivity. Hebrew, plural. Idiom for restoring blessings as aforetime. See note on Deu 30:3, <\/p>\n saith = hath said. <\/p>\n even: Isa 11:11, Isa 11:12, Isa 27:12, Isa 27:13, Isa 56:8, Eze 28:25, Eze 34:16, Eze 37:21, Eze 39:28, Amo 9:14 <\/p>\n for: Zep 3:19, Isa 60:15, Isa 61:9, Isa 62:7, Isa 62:12, Mal 3:12 <\/p>\n I turn: Psa 35:6, Jer 29:14, Eze 16:53, Joe 3:1 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Deu 30:4 – unto Psa 108:3 – praise Isa 35:2 – the excellency Isa 65:9 – I will Jer 12:14 – and pluck Jer 23:3 – General Jer 23:8 – General Jer 30:3 – that I Jer 30:19 – I will Jer 32:37 – I will gather Jer 33:7 – will cause Eze 34:13 – I will bring Eze 36:15 – men Eze 39:13 – a renown Dan 7:27 – the kingdom and Zep 2:7 – turn Zep 3:11 – shalt thou Zep 3:18 – gather Zec 8:13 – ye shall Zec 9:16 – lifted Zec 10:6 – I will strengthen<\/p>\n Zep 3:20. The gist of this verse is in the words when I turn back your captivily. The exile in Babylon was decreed by the Lord as a punishment upon his people for their sin of idolatry. When that event had accomplished the Lord’s purpose it was decreed and predicted that the nation would return home. <\/p>\n At that time will I bring you [again], even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD. 20. even in the time that I gather you ] The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zephaniah 3:20”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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