Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Zephaniah 3:10
My dispersed — The praying remnant of the scattered Jews shall return to their own land, and bring themselves an offering unto the Lord.
My dispersed — The praying remnant of the scattered Jews shall return to their own land, and bring themselves an offering unto the Lord.
Verse Zephaniah 3:10. _FROM BEYOND THE RIVERS OF ETHIOPIA_] This may denote both _Africa_ and the southern _Arabia_. _Bochart_ thinks that _Arabia_ _Chusaer_ is meant; and that the rivers are _Besor_...
FROM BEYOND THE RIVERS OF ETHIOPIA - (See Isaiah 18:1.) The farthest southern people, with whom the Jews had contact, stand as the type of the whole world beyond. The utmost bound of the known inhabit...
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...
SUPPLIANTS. worshippers. Hebrew. _'athar._ Occurs in this sense nowhere else. From _'ath_ ar. to burn incense (Ezekiel 8:11); hence to pray or worship. THE DAUGHTER OF MY DISPERSED: i.e. My dispersed...
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...
The verse is obscure on account of the uncertain meaning of several expressions in it. Its general sense is that the heathen nations, even those most distant, shall do homage to Jehovah and present of...
_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...
FROM BEYOND THE RIVERS, &C.— _From the borders of the rivers of Ethiopia, those whom I have hitherto dispersed shall become my suppliants, and shall bring me an offering._ Houbigant. The Jews, dispers...
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...
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. FROM BEYOND THE RIVERS OF ETHIOPIA MY SUPPLIANTS [ `ªtaaray (H6282), from `aatar (H62...
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...
RM reads, 'From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia shall they bring my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, for an offering unto me.' 14-20. A Messianic hymn, in which not the Messiah but Jehova...
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...
(8-10) This is an enlargement of the consolation addressed to the “meek of the earth” in Zephaniah 2:3, and of the prediction of Zephaniah 2:11. The great day of the Lord, which shall overthrow all th...
THE DAUGHTER OF MY DISPERSED. — _i.e.,_ dropping the Hebrew idiom, “my dispersed people.” Even from the southern limit of the known world shall the new Church draw adherents. The “dispersed people” ar...
מֵ עֵ֖בֶר לְ נַֽהֲרֵי ־כ֑וּשׁ עֲתָרַי֙ בַּת
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...
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, [even] the (h) daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. (h) That is, the Jews will come as well as the Gentiles: which is to be understoo...
_Ethiopia. The Nile arises in that country, and runs through Egypt and Arabia, which is often styled Ethiopia or Cush, Isaias xviii. 1. The Jews came from Egypt to adore at Jerusalem, even after the b...
"Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignatio...
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...
Interpreters agree not as to the meaning of this verse; for some of the Hebrews connect this with the former, as though the Prophet was still speaking of the calling of the Gentiles. But others, with...
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...
FROM BEYOND THE RIVERS OF ETHIOPIA,.... Either the African Ethiopia, or Arabia Chusea, which lay between Judea and Egypt: here some particular places and people are mentioned, in whom the preceding pr...
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, [even] the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. Ver. 10. _From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia_] Heb. Of Chush, that is of Arabia Chusa...
_From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia_ The expression, מעבר, rendered _from beyond_, may be translated, _from the borders of_, as it signifies indifferently the _hither_ or _further_ side of a river. In...
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, from the remotest corners of the earth, MY SUPPLIANTS, those who would worship Jehovah in spirit and in truth, EVEN THE DAUGHTER OF MY DISPERSED, gained for the Lor...
THE SALVATION OF THE DAUGHTER OF ZION...
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...
FROM BEYOND THE RIVERS; the coasts which lie beyond the rivers of India, saith the Chaldee paraphrast, but I doubt whether the captive Jews were carried so far. OF ETHIOPIA, in Arabia, bordering on Eg...
Zephaniah 3:10 beyond H5676 rivers H5104 Ethiopia H3568 worshipers H6282 daughter H1323 dispersed H6327 (H8803) bring...
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...
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...
_Therefore wait ye upon Me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey._ THE ENCOURAGING ASPECTS OF GOD’S JUDGMENTS In this latter portion of his prophecy, in language pathetic, awe-in...
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 3:10 Israelite exiles will come home FROM BEYOND THE RIVERS OF CUSH (Zephaniah 1:1;...
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 Peter 1:1; Acts 24:17; Acts 8:27; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 18:1;...