Zephaniah 2:1-15

Contents: Call to remnant of Israel in the day of the Lord. Judgment threatened upon Assyria, Philistia and other nations.

Characters: God.

Conclusion: The nations that rebel against the precepts of God's Word have the threatenings of His Word against them, and the effect will be no less than their total destruction in the day of His fierce anger. It concerns each one to make it sure to themselves that they shall be hid in the day of God's wrath, in a hiding place of God's providing.

Key Word: Jehovah's anger, Zephaniah 2:2.

Strong Verses: Zephaniah 2:3.

Striking Facts: Zephaniah 2:3. The only safe hiding place from the wrath of God against sin is the righteousness of Christ (1 Corinthians 1:30; Romans 10:1-3). To be «hid with Christ in God» (Colossians 3:2) is to be in the chambers of safety.