Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Zephaniah 3:18
Sorrowful — That mourn their distance from the solemn worship of God. Who are of thee — Thy children. Reproach — The taunts of their enemies.
Sorrowful — That mourn their distance from the solemn worship of God. Who are of thee — Thy children. Reproach — The taunts of their enemies.
Verse Zephaniah 3:18. _I WILL GATHER - SORROWFUL_] This may refer to those who, during the captivity, mourned for their former religious assemblies; and who were _reproached_ by their enemies, becaus...
I WILL GATHER THEM THAT ARE SORROWFUL - for the solemn assembly, in which they were to “rejoice” Leviticus 23:40; Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18;...
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...
SORROWFUL FOR. Supply the _Ellipsis_. "sorrowful for [the cessation of]". SOLEMN ASSEMBLY. appointed season. A BURDEN. Some codices, with one early printed edition (Rabbinic, margin), Aramaean, and...
The Joy of the Redeemed People in the Lord's Presence among them The prophet looks forward to the time when all Zion's afflictions shall be over, when she shall be redeemed and all her captive childr...
The language is very obscure. Perhaps: _I will gather_(lit. have gathered) _those sorrowing far away from the solemn assembly, who are of thee_(belong to thee), _thou on whom reproach lay heavy_. The...
_PROMISES FROM GOD -- ZECHARIAH 3:18-20:_ The message of Zephaniah is simple; Judgment is coming, but deliverance will come to those who are willing to repent. God promised that He would gather that r...
PORTRAIT OF THE REDEEMED. Zephaniah 3:14-20 RV. Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. Jehovah hath taken away thy judgements, he h...
I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. I WILL GATHER THEM THAT ARE SORROWFUL FOR THE SOLEMN ASSEMBLY - pining after...
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...
The festival of the accomplishment of salvations is represented under the figure of the joyous Feast of Tabernacles, as in Zechariah 14:16. None shall be impeded from attending on this joyous occasion...
(14-20) The blessedness of Jerusalem when she has been thus brought through suffering to glory....
נוּגֵ֧י מִ מֹּועֵ֛ד אָסַ֖פְתִּי מִמֵּ֣ךְ הָי֑וּ...
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...
I will gather [them that are] sorrowful for the solemn assembly, [who] are of thee, [to whom] the reproach of (o) it [was] a burden. (o) That is, those that were held in hatred and reviled for the Ch...
Triflers. Literally, "trifles;" nugas. Hebrew nugi, (Haydock) which is almost Latin. (St. Jerome) --- These vain nothings, (Calmet) men who were of light dispositions, scoffers at Christ, shall be con...
"Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. (15) The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Isra...
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...
He proceeds here with the same subject, but in different words; for except some consolation had been introduced, what the Prophet has hitherto said would have been frigid; for he had promised them joy...
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 GATHER [THEM THAT ARE] SORROWFUL FOR THE SOLEMN ASSEMBLY,.... Who are grieved and troubled, because they cannot meet at the time and place of religious worship, or attend the word and ordinance...
I will gather [them that are] sorrowful for the solemn assembly, [who] are of thee, [to whom] the reproach of it [was] a burden. Ver. 18. _I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembl...
_I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly_ I will collect together those Israelites who are dispersed in their several captivities, both that of Babylon, and those of following ti...
I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, mourning far from the festive gathering when the Lord would make His salvation known, WHO ARE OF THEE, they were of the same family and d...
THE SALVATION OF THE DAUGHTER OF ZION...
REPROACH OF IT WAS A BURDEN: _ Heb._ the burden upon it was reproach...
14-20 After the promises of taking away sin, follow promises of taking away trouble. When the cause is removed, the effect will cease. What makes a people holy, will make them happy. The precious pro...
This promise removes an objection which might be made by dispersed ones: How can we return? I will gather you, saith God. THAT ARE SORROWFUL FOR THE SOLEMN ASSEMBLY; mourn in their distance from the s...
Zephaniah 3:18 gather H622 (H8804) sorrow H3013 (H8737) assembly H4150 reproach H2781 burden H4864 gather -...
THE SING OF THE REDEEMED (ZEPHANIAH 3:14). Zephaniah 3:14 ‘Sing, O daughter of Zion, shout, O Israel, Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem, YHWH has taken away your jud...
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 gather them that are sorrowful._ COMFORT TO MOURNERS FOR THE LOSS OF SOLEMN ASSEMBLIES I. God doth sometimes suffer the solemn assembly to lie under reproach. 1. When does it lie under repr...
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....
CRITICAL NOTES.] Zephaniah 3:18.] Those who pined in distance at the time of festivities, shall be gathered together. OF THEE] The people are of thy origin and descent (Isaiah 58:12; Ezra 2:59;...
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...
Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 36:24; Hosea 1:11; Hosea 9:5; Jeremiah 23:3;...