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Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, stubborn and full of uncleanness, to the oppressing city where violence against the weak and downtrodden was the order of the day.
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, stubborn and full of uncleanness, to the oppressing city where violence against the weak and downtrodden was the order of the day.
CHAPTER III _The prophet reproves Jerusalem, and all her guides and rulers,_ _for their obstinate perseverance in impiety, notwithstanding_ _all the warnings and corrections which they had received...
The “woe,” having gone round the pagan nations, again circles round where it began, the “Jerusalem that killed the prophets and stoned those that were sent unto her” Matthew 23:37. Woe upon her, and j...
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...
THE SIN OF JERUSALEM CONTRASTED WITH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF YAHWEH. From scenes of doom and desolation we are now led back in thought to the sins that drew down Yahweh's hand in wrath. Despite His const...
WOE. Alas for! See note on "For", Zephaniah 2:4. HER: i.e. Jerusalem. See the Structure, p. 1272. FILTHY. rebellious. POLLUTED. Hebrew. _ga'al,_ (1) to redeem: (2) to make or deem common or unclean....
Zephaniah 3:1-8. Renewed threat against Jerusalem in particular Ch. 3 returns to Jerusalem. The city is reproached as rebellious, polluted, and full of oppression (Zephaniah 3:1); disobedient to God...
_filthy and polluted_ As R.V., REBELLIOUS and polluted. Her "pollution" comes from bloodshed (Isaiah 1:15, "your hands are full of blood;" Ezekiel 24:9, "Woe to the bloody city"), but possibly also pa...
_JERUSALEM REBELLED AGAINST GOD -- ZEPHANIAH 3:1-7:_ The people of Jerusalem and the entire nation had rebelled against God. Jerusalem had become a disgusting, corrupt, and lawless city. Those that fa...
WOE TO HER THAT IS FILTHY, &C.— _Woe to her that provoketh wrath, and is defiled; to the oppressed city;_ or _city of oppressors._ Zephaniah 3:2. _Which heareth not the voice, nor receiveth instructio...
CHAPTER XXII COMFORT AND CONSOLATION REAFFIRMATION OF JUDGEMENT. Zephaniah 3:1-8 RV. Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not co...
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! WOE TO HER THAT IS FILTHY. Maurer translates, from a different root [mowrª'aah, from maaraah (H4784), to rebel], 'rebellious' 'contum...
THE JUDGMENT UPON THE EVIL RULERS OF JERUSALEM, AND ITS ULTIMATE PURIFICATION AND RESTORATION Like Amos and Micah, the prophet sternly denounces the crimes of the ruling classes in Jerusalem, points o...
HER THAT IS FILTHY AND POLLUTED] evidently Jerusalem. The cause is the crimes of her civil and religious leaders. 3. THEY GNAW NOT THE BONES TILL THE MORROW] LXX is more in accord with the context and...
THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA BOOK OF ZEPHANIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 3 V1 (It will be) very sad for the city (called Jerusalem). (It has become a city where people) do not obey (God). It (is) dirt...
III. (1-4) The prophet denounces the corruption and moral obduracy which characterise all classes in Jerusalem. This denunciation comes in with startling abruptness. The prophet does not even name th...
הֹ֥וי מֹרְאָ֖ה וְ נִגְאָלָ֑ה הָ עִ֖יר הַ
SO AS BY FIRE Zephaniah 3:1 THE third chapter of the Book of Zephaniah consists of two sections, of which only the first, Zephaniah 3:1, is a genuine work of the prophet; while the second, Zephaniah...
FULLNESS OF SALVATION Zephaniah 3:1-20 _The sins of Jerusalem_, Zephaniah 3:1-7. Uninfluenced by judgments upon other nations, Jerusalem pursued her course, morally impure, oppressive, refusing instr...
In this chapter the prophet yet more clearly set forth the sin of the people, and spoke of the hopelessness of the case from the human standpoint. This gave him his opportunity to announce the victory...
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing (a) city! (a) That is, Jerusalem....
Dove. Jerusalem is upbraided, and then comforted. She had been treated like a spouse, a dove; and yet proved faithless. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "Woe to the famous, and defiled, and oppressing city." Sept...
"Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! (2) She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. (3) Her princes w...
CONTENTS This Chapter opens in sharp reproofs to Jerusalem, but ends in blessed promises. It contains much of Gospel mercies, and sweetly points to the Lord Jesus Christ....
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...
The Prophet speaks here again against Jerusalem; for first, the Jews ought ever to have been severely reproved, as they were given to many sins; and secondly, because there was always there some seed...
SUMMARY TO ZEPHANIAH Amid this judgment of the nation Jerusalem holds the chief place. In chapter 3, the Spirit of God, while laying open the iniquity which occasioned it, turns towards the remnant, a...
WOE TO HER THAT IS FILTHY, AND POLLUTED,.... Meaning the city of Jerusalem, and its inhabitants; not as before the Babylonish captivity, but after their return from it, under the second temple, as Aba...
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! Ver. 1. _Woe to her that is filthy and polluted_] Meaning Jerusalem, once a faithful city, now an harlot, Isaiah 1:21, _faedissimum pro...
_Wo to her that is filthy_ (Bishop Newcome reads, _rebellious_, and the Vulgate, _provoking,_) _and polluted_ That is, defiled with various crimes; _to the oppressing city_ It is well deserving of our...
FILTHY: Or, gluttenous. _Heb._ craw...
1-7 The holy God hates sin most in those nearest to him. A sinful state is, and will be, a woful state. Yet they had the tokens of God's presence, and all the advantages of knowing his will, with the...
ZEPHANIAH CHAPTER 3 A sharp reproof of Jerusalem for divers sins, ZEPHANIAH 3:1. An exhortation to wait for the restoration of Israel ZEPHANIAH 3:8; and to rejoice for their salvation by God, Zephania...
Zephaniah 3:1 Woe H1945 rebellious H4754 (H8802) polluted H1351 (H8737) oppressing H3238 (H8802) city H5892...
THE CONDITION OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM (ZEPHANIAH 3:1). Zephaniah 3:1 ‘Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, To the oppressing city. She did not obey the voice. She did not receive correction....
CONTENTS: Jerusalem's moral state in time of Zephaniah. The coming judgment of nations and kingdom blessing for restored Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The end of nations that have continued to...
Zephaniah 3:1. _Woe to the oppressing city,_ to Jerusalem, now polluted with every crime, and every year growing a carcase for the eagles. Zephaniah 3:6. _I have cut off the nations._ The Chaldaic rea...
_Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! _ A RELIGIOUS CITY TERRIBLY DEGENERATE I. A professedly religious city terribly degenerated. 1. The princes are mentioned. They are...
ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 3:1 God’s people cannot think that they will emerge unscathed on the day of the Lord. If they sin (vv. Zephaniah 3:1) and are shameless (v....
CRITICAL NOTES.] WOE] to Jerusalem; others, Nineveh. FILTHY] From a word, to straighten oneself; hence, to rebel, to be refractory. ZEPHANIAH 3:2. VOICE] In law and prophets. CORRECTION] Instruction...
EXPOSITION. ZEPHANIAH 3:1 § 6. The prophet turns to Jerusalem, and warns her that, if God punishes the heathen, he will not spare the hardened sinners in Judah. ZEPHANIAH 3:1 WOE TO HER! This is ad...
Now the Lord speaks against Jerusalem. Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she receive not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not...
Amos 3:9; Amos 4:1; Ezekiel 22:29; Ezekiel 22:7; Isaiah 30:12;...
To her — Jerusalem....