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Verse 5. _THE SEA-COASTS, THE NATION OF THE CHERETHITES_] The
_sea-coasts_ mean all the country lying on the Mediterranean coast
from Egypt to Joppa and Gaza. The _Cherethites _- the _Cretans_ who
wer...
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The “woe” having been pronounced on the five cities apart, now
falls upon the whole nation of the Cherethites or Philistines. The
Cherethites are only named as equivalent to the Philistines, probably...
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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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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...
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SEA COAST: or, country by the sea....
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_the sea coast_ Or, THE REGION BY THE SEA. The reference is to the
strip of territory belonging to the Philistines; Ezekiel 25:16. The
Cherethites are the Philistines, or at least those along the coas...
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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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_GOD'S JUDGMENT AGAINST THE PHILISTINES -- ZEPHANIAH 2:4-7:_ If Judah
failed to repent she would face God's judgment. The heathen nations
would also face the Judgment of the Almighty. Scripture pictur...
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THE CHERETHITES— _The Cretans._ They are supposed to have been a
colony of the Philistines. See the note on 1 Samuel 30:14....
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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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Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the
Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land
of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no...
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CHERETHITES] a synonym of Philistines, as in 1 Samuel 30:14; Ezekiel
25:16.
6, 7. The Philistine coast plain shall be desolate and given up to
shepherds and their flocks.
8. The nations of Moab and A...
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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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(4-7) The sentence against the great Philistine strongholds....
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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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THE CHERETHITES. — Perhaps Cretans. See on 1 Samuel 30:14; Ezekiel
25:16, where the same term is applied to the Philistines.
CANAAN originally means “low-lying ground.” It here indicates the
low mari...
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הֹ֗וי יֹֽשְׁבֵ֛י חֶ֥בֶל הַ יָּ֖ם
גֹּ֣וי כְּרֵ
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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...
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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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Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea (d) coast, the nation of the
Cherethites! the word of the LORD [is] against you; O Canaan, the land
of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall b...
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_Coast. Literally, "line," (Haydock) with which land was measured.
(Calmet) --- Reprobates. Hebrew cerethim, (Haydock) or Cerethi, of
whom David's guards were formed. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "people...
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"For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall
drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. (5)
Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the
Cher...
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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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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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WOE UNTO THE INHABITANTS OF THE SEA COASTS, THE NATION OF THE
CHERETHITES,.... Which is a name of the Philistines in general, as
Kimchi and Ben Melech; or these were a particular tribe belonging to
th...
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Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the
Cherethites! the word of the LORD [is] against you; O Canaan, the land
of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no...
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_For Gaza shall be forsaken_ The prophet digresses here to foretel the
fate of some cities and nations bordering on Judea; probably with a
view to show that when Judea should be invaded, and Jerusalem...
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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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WOE UNTO THE INHABITANTS! now all the Philistines are threatened,
whereas before he named only those four cities. OF THE SEA-COASTS; the
coasts of the great or western sea, now the Mediterranean, on w...
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Zephaniah 2:5 Woe H1945 inhabitants H3427 (H8802) seacoast H3220 H2256
nation H1471 Cherethites H3774 word H1697 LO
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THE PHILISTINES (ZEPHANIAH 2:4).
Zephaniah 2:4
‘For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation.
They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.
Woe to the inhabitants of...
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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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_For Gaza shall be forsaken._
THE SINNER’S BALEFUL INFLUENCE, AND GOD’S DISPOSAL OF ALL
I. The calamities falling upon one sinner often involve others. The
ruin of the Hebrew nation would be most ca...
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ZEPHANIAH 2:4 Nations Warned. As in Amos 1:3, this passage first
focuses on Israel’s neighbors and enemies (Zephaniah 2:4), whom
Judah would
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ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 2:5 The SEACOAST indicates the location
of the PHILISTINES, from which the name “Palestine” is derived.
They lived to the southwest of Judah. They are also called Cheret
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ZEPHANIAH 2:4. FOR] The punishment of neighbouring states a warning.
Five nations, from all quarters of the earth, to indicate universality
of judgment. GAZA] and cities of Philistine...
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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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Amos 3:1; Amos 5:1; Ezekiel 25:16; Jeremiah 47:7; Joshua 13:3;...
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The inhabitants — All the Philistines. Cherethites — Or
destroyers, men that were stout, fierce, and terrible to their
neighbours. O Canaan — That part that the Philistines kept by force
from the Jews...