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Verse Zephaniah 2:11. _HE WILL FAMISH ALL THE GODS OF THE EARTH_]
They shall have no more _sacrifices_; their worship shall be entirely
destroyed. Idolaters supposed that their gods actually _fed_ on...
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THE LORD WILL BE TERRIBLE UNTO - (upon) them that is, upon Moab and
Ammon, and yet not in themselves only, but as instances of His just
judgment. Whence it follows, “For He will famish all the gods of...
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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...
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FAMISH. cause to waste away.
THE ISLES OF THE HEATHEN. the coast-lands of the nations. Reference to
Pentateuch (Genesis 10:5). App-92. The phrase occurs nowhere else.
ISLES. coast-lands.
HEATHEN. n...
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The judgment of the Day of the Lord upon the nations
The nations on whom the impending judgment shall fall are: (1) the
Philistines (Zephaniah 2:4); (2) Moab and Ammon (Zephaniah 2:8); (3)
Cush or th...
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will be _terrible unto them_ lit. _over_them. Malachi 1:14, "I am a
treat king, and my name terrible among the nations." For "terrible"
Sept. reads, _will appear_.
_he will famish all the gods_ lit.,...
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_GOD'S JUDGMENT AGAINST THE MOABITES AND AMMONITES -- ZEPHANIAH
2:8-11:_ God next dealt with the children of Moab and the children of
Ammon, Judah's neighbors to the east. These heathen nations had
in...
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FOR HE WILL FAMISH, &C.— _He will dissipate._ Houbigant. But Bishop
Warburton observes, that the expression, as it stands in our version,
is noble, and alludes to the popular superstitions of Paganism...
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CHAPTER XXI
THE JUDGMENT OF GOD IS UNIVERSAL
Zephaniah 2:4-15
RV. For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall
_drive out_ Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up. Woe u...
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The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods
of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place,
even all the isles of the heathen.
HE WILL FAMISH - bring low...
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FAMISH] i.e. 'starve'; hence it means 'weaken.' 'cause to fail.'...
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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...
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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:...
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(4-15) Jehovah’s chastisement of foreign powers. These Divine
visitations are introduced somewhat abruptly. The connection is
perhaps that they are intended to lead God’s people to repent, and
put the...
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(8-11) The sentence against Moab and Ammon, the descendants of Lot and
the enemies of God’s people, even in the post-exilic period, comp.
Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1; Nehemiah 4:3;...
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FAMISH. — Literally as in margin “make lean:” to “cause to
disappear.”
EVERY ONE FROM HIS PLACE. — It is difficult to accept Keil’s
theory of a pregnant construction, “each one coming from his
place:...
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נֹורָ֤א יְהוָה֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כִּ֣י
רָזָ֔ה אֵ֖ת כ
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NINIVE DELENDA
Zephaniah 2:4
THERE now come a series of articles on foreign nations, connected with
the previous prophecy by the conjunction for, and detailing the
worldwide judgment which it had pr...
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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...
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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...
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The LORD [will be] terrible unto them: (g) for he will famish all the
gods of the earth; and [men] shall worship him, every one from his
place, [even] all the isles of the heathen.
(g) When he will d...
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_Own place. The Jewish religion could be practised only at Jerusalem,
so that this is one of the most striking predictions of the conversion
of the world. The Jews in vain attempt to restrain it to th...
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"I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children
of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified
themselves against their border. (9) Therefore as I live, saith th...
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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...
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He proceeds with the same subject,—that God would show his power in
aiding his people. But he calls him a _terrible _God, who had for a
time patiently endured the wantonness of his enemies, and thus b...
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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...
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THE LORD [WILL BE] TERRIBLE UNTO THEM,.... To the Moabites and
Ammonites in the execution of his judgments upon them, and make their
proud hearts tremble; for with him is terrible majesty; he is terri...
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The LORD [will be] terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods
of the earth; and [men] shall worship him, every one from his place,
[even] all the isles of the heathen.
Ver. 11. _The Lord wil...
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_I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of Ammon_ These
countries were destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, about five years after the
destruction of Jerusalem: see the places referred to in the...
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FAMISH:
_ Heb._ make lean...
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4-15 Those are really in a woful condition who have the word of the
Lord against them, for no word of his shall fall to the ground. God
will restore his people to their rights, though long kept from...
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THE LORD WILL BE TERRIBLE; or, the Lord, who is to be feared, is
against or above them, and will make it appear that he is terrible in
his doings. UNTO THEM; Moabites and Ammonites, and their gods, of...
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Zephaniah 2:11 LORD H3068 awesome H3372 (H8737) nothing H7329 (H8804)
gods H430 earth H776 worship H7812 ...
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MOAB AND AMMON (ZEPHANIAH 2:8).
Zephaniah 2:8
“I have heard the reproach of Moab,
And the revilings of the children of Ammon,
With which they have reproached my people,
And magnified themselves a...
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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...
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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:...
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_And men shall worship Him._
GOOD THINGS IN THE FUTURE
I. The destruction of idolatry. You may burn up all heathen temples
and leave idolatry as rampant as ever.
II. The advancement of true worship...
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ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 2:11 AWESOME describes Israel’s God,
who causes fear in his opponents’ hearts (Exodus 15:11;...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ZEPHANIAH 2:8. MOAB] and Ammon rejoiced in the calamity of the Jews.
Compare parallel prophecies against Moab (Isaiah 15, 16; Jeremiah 48;
Amos 2:1), and Ammon ...
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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...
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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...
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1 Timothy 2:8; Deuteronomy 32:38; Genesis 10:5; Hosea 2:17; Isaiah 11
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Famish — Take away all their sacrifices and drink — offerings. The
gods — Idols of those lands. From his place — Not only at
Jerusalem, but every where....