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Verse 8. _WAIT YE UPON ME_] Expect the fulfilment of all my promises
and threatenings: I am God, and change not.
_FOR ALL THE EARTH_] All the land of Judah....
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THEREFORE WAIT YE UPON - (for) Me God so willeth not to punish, but
that all should lay hold of His mercy, that He doth not here even name
punishment. Judah had slighted His mercies; He was ready to f...
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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...
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CHAPTER S 2-3:8
The Call to Repentance in View of the Judgment
_ 1. The call to repentance (Zephaniah 2:1) _
2. The judgment of the Philistines (Zephaniah 2:4)
3. The judgment of Moab and Ammon (Z...
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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...
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THEREFORE, &C. The _Massorah_ (App-30 and App-93) calls attention to
the fact that this verse (Zephaniah 3:8) contains all the letters of
the Hebrew alphabet, including the five final letters. This im...
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Zephaniah 3:1-8. Renewed threat against Jerusalem in particular
Ch. 3 returns to Jerusalem. The city is reproached as rebellious,
polluted, and full of oppression (Zephaniah 3:1); disobedient to God...
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_Therefore wait ye upon me_ As R.V. FOR me, the words being further
explained in the clause: _for the day that I rise up_, &c. The
expression _wait for me_is not ironical (Hitz.), though it might be
u...
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_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...
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DISCOURSE: 1229
WHAT RECOMPENCE WE MAY EXPECT FOR OUR NEGLECT OF GOD
Zephaniah 3:7. _I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive
instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoeve...
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CHAPTER XXII
COMFORT AND CONSOLATION
REAFFIRMATION OF JUDGEMENT. Zephaniah 3:1-8
RV. Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing
city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not co...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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לָכֵ֤ן חַכּוּ ־לִי֙ נְאֻם ־יְהוָ֔ה לְ
יֹ֖ום
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Therefore (f) 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 indig...
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To come. Septuagint, "for a witness." (Haydock) --- About forty years
after Christ's resurrection, the Jews for the most part continuing
obstinate, Titus ruined their city; which is a figure of the wo...
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"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...
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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...
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God here declares that the last end was near, since he had found by
experience that he effected nothing by long forbearance, and since he
had even found the Jews becoming worse, because he had so merc...
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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...
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THEREFORE WAIT YE UPON ME, SAITH THE LORD,.... Or "nevertheless" f:
this is said to the disciples and followers of Christ among the Jews;
for there were some few that did fear the Lord, and received h...
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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 indignati...
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_Therefore_ Rather, _Nevertheless, wait ye upon me, saith the Lord_
“Notwithstanding these provocations, saith God, I exhort the godly
among you to expect the fulfilment of the promises I have made, o...
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Therefore wait ye upon Me, saith the Lord, this merciful invitation
being extended to all who will still listen to His words, UNTIL THE
DAY THAT I RISE UP TO THE PREY, when He pours out His wrath upon...
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THE SALVATION OF THE DAUGHTER OF ZION...
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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...
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THEREFORE, since you will not be amended by all, sines you grow worse
and worse, wait ye upon me; ye refractory and incorrigible Jews,
rulers, and people, attend my resolution, for I am resolved what...
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Zephaniah 3:8 wait H2442 (H8761) says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 day
H3117 up H6965 (H8800) plunder...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_I have cut off the nations._
TERRIBLE CALAMITIES IN HUMAN HISTORY
In these verses the prophet sums up all that he had said in the
preceding verses of this chapter, and thus closes his admonition to...
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ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 3:8 The people are called to WAIT FOR
God, not for possible blessing (Isaiah 30:18) but for coming judgment.
This time it will not be against Ju
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Zephaniah 3:8. Wait] The prophecy returns to its starting-point in
Zephaniah 3:2, to bring it to a close [_Keil_], PREY] (cf. Genesis
49:27;...
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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...
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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...
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2 Peter 3:10; Deuteronomy 32:21; Deuteronomy 32:22; Ezekiel 36:5;...
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Therefore — Since you will not be amended. Wait ye — Attend my
resolution. Until — Until I rise up to destroy first, and next to
take the spoil. Upon them — The incorrigible Jews. Devoured —
Consumed...