I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, one fully conscious of its absolute dependence upon the grace and mercy of the covenant God, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord, placing all their confidence in Him alone.
Verse Zephaniah 3:12. _AN AFFLICTED AND POOR PEOPLE_] In such a state will the Jews be found when they shall hear the universal call, and believe in Christ Jesus. Indeed, this is the _general state_...
I WILL ALSO LEAVE - (Over, as a remnant, it is still the same heavy prophecy, that a remnant only ‘shall be saved’) “an afflicted and poor people.” priests, (except that ‘great company who were obedie...
CHAPTER 3:8-20 Judgment and Glory _ 1. The waiting for the end (Zephaniah 3:8) _ 2. The glory that follows (Zephaniah 3:9) Zephaniah 3:8. “Therefore wait for me, saith Jehovah, for the day when I a...
THE DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM, AND RENOWN OF REDEEMED ISRAEL. Zephaniah 3:8; Zephaniah 3:11. Let Yahweh's faithful people wait patiently till the day when He shall stand as a witness against the nation...
TRUST. flee for refuge to. Hebrew. _hasah._ App-69. Not the same word as in Zephaniah 3:2. THE NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1....
The conversion of the nations and of Israel Though Zephaniah 3:8 describes the universal judgment, it is closely connected with Zephaniah 3:9. The judgment is not an end in itself; the conversion of...
_I will also leave_ As R.V., BUT I WILL LEAVE. _an afflicted and poor people_ Comp. Isaiah 14:32, "The Lord hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge." The rendering...
_WAIT UPON THE LORD -- ZEPHANIAH 3:8-13:_ God gave a very specific promise that His judgment was coming upon the Jews. He promised that He would punish them with fiery anger. God's faithful prophets h...
DISCOURSE: 1230 THE POOR LIVING BY FAITH Zephaniah 3:12. _I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people; and they shall trust in the name of the Lord_. THE Lord’s people have in...
THE PROMISE OF REDEMPTION. Zephaniah 3:9-13 RV. For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent. From beyond the riv...
I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. I WILL ALSO LEAVE IN THE MIDST OF THEE AN AFFLICTED AND POOR PEOPLE, AND THEY SHALL...
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...
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...
(11-13) Jerusalem shall then have no occasion to blush for obdurate iniquity (Zephaniah 3:5), for she shall be inhabited by a remnant who have learnt meekness and righteousness in the school of advers...
AFFLICTED. — _ânî,_ a condition which is likely to make them also “meek,” _ânâv,_ instead of “haughty.”...
וְ הִשְׁאַרְתִּ֣י בְ קִרְבֵּ֔ךְ עַ֥ם עָנִ֖י ו
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...
_Poor in spirit. (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "meek and extenuated," who trust not in themselves. This is the character of true Christians. The few Jews who remained in the country, or who returned from Baby...
"In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt...
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...
Here the Prophet pursues the same subject—that God would provide for the safety of his Church, by cutting off the majority of the people, and by reserving a few; for his purpose was to gather for hims...
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...
I WILL ALSO LEAVE IN THE MIDST OF THEE AN AFFLICTED AND POOR PEOPLE,.... Of a character just the reverse of the proud and haughty, that should be removed from Jerusalem and Judea by death or captivity...
I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. Ver. 12. _I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people_] Poor...
_I will also leave in the midst of thee_ Of Judea and Jerusalem; _an afflicted and poor people_ Hebrew, עם עני ודל, _a people humble_, or _meek, and poor._ When the Chaldeans carried away the Jews int...
8-13 The preaching of the gospel is predicted, when vengeance would be executed on the Jewish nation. The purifying doctrines of the gospel, or the pure language of the grace of the Lord, would teach...
I WILL ALSO LEAVE: the Chaldeans had spared none if the Lord had not preserved a remnant; it is he, rather than they, which did leave a remnant. IN THE MIDST OF THEE; to return and dwell in Judea and...
Zephaniah 3:12 leave H7604 (H8689) midst H7130 meek H6041 humble H1800 people H5971 trust H2620 (H8804) name...
THE FUTURE HOPE WILL FOLLOW JUDGMENT (ZEPHANIAH 3:8). Zephaniah 3:8 “Therefore wait for me,” says YHWH, “Until the day that I rise up for a witness. For my considered decision is to gather the nat...
TRUST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
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...
_I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord._ THE RICH POVERTY I. God’s dealings with His poor Church when He comes to visit the worl...
_In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings._ A SKETCH OF A MORALLY REGENERATED CITY I. The utter absence of bad. There is an absence of-- 1. Painful memories. “In that day shalt thou...
ZEPHANIAH 3:9 Anticipation of Hope. God the judge is also God the gracious. He intends for the nations and Judah to turn to him (vv. Zephaniah 3:9). This will cause rejoicing (vv....
ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 3:12 God will especially provide a place for the HUMBLE AND LOWLY (Zephaniah 2:3). Unlike the arrogant ...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Zephaniah 3:9. For] The reason for judgment, _lip_ purity of language, “effusions of devotion,” springing from renewed hearts. CONSENT] Shoulder; a metaphor from burden-bearers with...
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...
1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 1:28; 1 Peter 1:21; Ephesians 1:12;...
Of thee — In Judea and Jerusalem....