George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Zephaniah 2:2
The day. Hebrew, "to-day." (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "before you become as a passing flower." Protestants, " before the day pass as the chaff." (Haydock)
The day. Hebrew, "to-day." (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "before you become as a passing flower." Protestants, " before the day pass as the chaff." (Haydock)
BEFORE THE DECREE BRING FORTH - God’s word is full (as it were) of the event which it foretelleth; it contains its own fulfillment in itself, and “travaileth” until it come to pass, giving signs of it...
CHAPTER S 2-3:8 The Call to Repentance in View of the Judgment _ 1. The call to repentance (Zephaniah 2:1) _ 2. The judgment of the Philistines (Zephaniah 2:4) 3. The judgment of Moab and Ammon (Z...
ZEPHANIAH 2. DOOM ON PHILISTIA [MOAB AND AMMON], ETHIOPIA, AND ASSYRIA. Zephaniah 2:1. Having spent its rage on Judah, the storm of Divine judgment sweeps south by the Philistian sea-board, uprooting...
DAY. judgment. See note on Zephaniah 1:8....
The verse is probably in some disorder: the first two clauses can hardly present the original text, and the last two clauses look like duplicates of one another. _Before the decree bring forth_ The "d...
_REPENT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE -- ZEPHANIAH 2:1-3:_ God's people had become a disgraceful nation. God called upon them to gather around and focus their attention on correcting those things wherein they...
DISCOURSE: 1228 REPENTANCE URGED Zephaniah 2:1. Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fier...
JUDGEMENT OF JUDAH. Zephaniah 1:4 to Zephaniah 2:3) RV. And I will stretch our my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, an...
Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD's anger come upon you. BEFORE THE DECREE BRING FORTH -...
_BEFORE_ THE DAY, etc.] The parallelism suggests that the original read, 'before you become like the passing chaff.' 3. The earnest exhortation in this v. must primarily have been addressed to the pe...
JEHOVAH'S IMPENDING JUDGMENT UPON JUDAH'S NEIGHBOURS AND FOES The universal note which is struck in Zechariah 1:2 is now further amplified. Jehovah's agents of punishment, the Scythians, shall carry...
THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA BOOK OF ZEPHANIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 2 V1 Come together. Come together, (people from) the country that will not be ashamed! V2 (Come together) before:...
BEFORE THE DECREE BRING FORTH. — _i.e.,_ before God’s decree or ordinance, against which they have offended, brings forth the curse foretold in Zephaniah 1. There is no occasion to identify the “decre...
II. (1-3) An exhortation to seek God before His day of vengeance is revealed....
בְּ טֶ֨רֶם֙ לֶ֣דֶת חֹ֔ק כְּ מֹ֖ץ עָ֣בַר
THE PROPHET AND THE REFORMERS Zephaniah 1:1 - Zephaniah 2:3 TOWARDS the year 625, when King Josiah had passed out of his minority, and was making his first efforts at religious reform, prophecy, lon...
MEEKNESS SAVES, PRIDE DESTROYS Zephaniah 2:1-15 The nation, on the whole, had no remorse, no desire for God; but there were a few meek and lowly souls, and the hope was held out to them that they wou...
After this declaration, the prophet uttered his great appeal, first to the nation as a whole, calling on it to pull itself together before the opportunity for repentance should pass, before the hour o...
The first movement of the prophecy is the prophet's declaration of the coming judgment of Jehovah. This he announced in general terms, then described more particularly its procedure and character. Thi...
"Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; (2) Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zephaniah like Habakkuk will be found to have some points of resemblance with the prophet Jeremiah; and this not merely in the fact that the Chaldean is the...
Chapter 2, while revealing the character of the nation, addresses itself to her, in order that all those at least who fear Jehovah may be hidden in the day of His anger. They are called to gather them...
BEFORE THE DECREE BRING FORTH, [BEFORE] THE DAY PASS AS THE CHAFF,.... Which was like a woman big with child, ready to be delivered. The decree of God concerning the people of the Jews was pregnant wi...
Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you. Ver. 2. _Before the decree brin...
_Gather yourselves together_, &c. Assemble yourselves to make a public humiliation: see Joel 2:16. _O nation not desired_ Or _coveted_, as the word נכס Šproperly signifies. The Vulgate renders it, _no...
before the decree bring forth, when, according to God's plan, the day of judgment upon Judah would suddenly come, BEFORE THE DAY PASS AS THE CHAFF, coming on quickly as when the wind carries the chaff...
THE EXHORTATION AND THE DOOM OF THE PHILISTINES...
1-3 The prophet calls to national repentance, as the only way to prevent national ruin. A nation not desiring, that has not desires toward God, is not desirous of his favour and grace, has no mind to...
BEFORE THE DECREE, the Word of the prophet which declares the purpose of God against this sinful people, bring forth: the degree is pregnant, nay, hath gone a great while, but is now like a woman near...
Zephaniah 2:2 decree H2706 issued H3205 (H8800) day H3117 passes H5674 (H8804) chaff H4671 Before H3808 LORDS...
CHAPTER 2 YHWH'S JUDGMENT WILL ALSO COME ON THE SURROUNDING NATIONS FOR THEIR SINS. A Final Plea to Judah and Jerusalem (Zephaniah 2:1). Zephaniah 2:1 “Gather yourselves together, yes, gather toget...
CONTENTS: Call to remnant of Israel in the day of the Lord. Judgment threatened upon Assyria, Philistia and other nations. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The nations that rebel against the precepts of...
Zephaniah 2:1. _Gather yourselves together,_ for fasting and prayer, _oh nation not desired,_ whose practices are lothed and abhorred; a nation whom God will not own as his chosen people. Zephaniah 2:...
_Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth._ SIN AND REPENTANCE, THE BANE AND ANTIDOTE An exhortation to the men of Judah to repent ere the Chaldean invaders approach and wreak destruction on their...
ZEPHANIAH 2:1 Repentance Is Still Possible. Although sin is a universal human problem, God will show grace if his people repent. And yet, Israel’s actions demonstrate that they are not covenant follow...
ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 2:2 When grain is winnowed, the light outer husk is allowed to blow away. It is worthless for human or animal food. LIKE CHAFF refers here either to the quickly coming day...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Summons to repent. GATHER] As stubble (Exodus 5:7); then generally, to collect; in this sense, to gather one’s self, to examine one’s self. DESIRED] A word which signifies primarily,...
EXPOSITION. VERSE 2:1-3:8 Part II. EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE AND TO PERSEVERANCE. ZEPHANIAH 2:1 § 1. The prophet urges all to examine their ways before the day of the Lord come; and he prays the ri...
Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired (Zephaniah 2:1); Now that "not desired" in the Hebrew literally means "a nation that knows no shame." They were doing shameful t...
2 Chronicles 36:16; 2 Chronicles 36:17; 2 Kings 22:16; 2 Kings 22:17;...
The decree — Before God's decree is put in execution. The day — Before the day of your calamities. As the chaff — Carry you away as the wind carries chaff away....