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 cities
and their inhabitants, driving them off like chaff, and leaving the
once fertile plain a pas... [ Continue Reading ]
Into the natural context of the passage a later writer has woven a
prophecy of vengeance on Moab and Ammon for their revilings and
insults heaped upon Judah (on the day of Jerusalem's downfall), For
this their land _shall_ become waste as Sodom and Gomorrah, a
perpetual desolation, overrun by nettle... [ Continue Reading ]