For then will I turn, &c.— Houbigant renders it, For then will I pour into the people a pure language; that they may all invoke the name of Jehovah, and serve him with one shoulder; that is to say, with unanimity and consent; alluding to the unanimity of the Levites in carrying the ark. The prophet foretels the same things here with Joel, Joel 2:28. I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh, &c.
Verse 9. _WILL I TURN TO THE PEOPLE_] This promise must refer to the conversion of the Jews under the Gospel. _THAT THEY MAY ALL CALL_] That the whole nation may invoke God by Christ, and serve him w...
FOR THEN - In the order of God’s mercies. The deliverance from Babylon was the forerunner of that of the Gospel, which was its object. The spread of the Gospel then is spoken of in the connection of G...
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...
THEN: i.e. after all that is implied in Zephaniah 3:8. Note the order of the blessings in "9, 10": Gentiles first, and Israel after; But in "18-20-", Israel first, and Gentiles after. PEOPLE. peoples...
_For then … people a pure language_ THE PEOPLES A PURE LIP. The term _lip_often means "language" (Genesis 11:1), but here it seems rather to denote the organ of speech. Comp. Isaiah 6:5; Isaiah 6:7, ...
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...
_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...
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...
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. FOR. The blessed things promised in this and are to be the immed...
PURE LANGUAGE] cp. Isaiah 6:5; Hosea 2:16; Hosea 2:17. They will no more call upon the names of the heathen gods: cp. Zephaniah 1:5....
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...
(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...
TO THE PEOPLE. — Better, _To the peoples,_ or _nations._ A PURE LANGUAGE. — The discord of Babel shall, as it were, give place to unity of language, when the worship of “gods many” shall yield to the...
כִּֽי ־אָ֛ז אֶהְפֹּ֥ךְ אֶל ־עַמִּ֖ים שָׂפָ֣ה...
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...
For (g) then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. (g) Lest any should then think that God's glory should have pe...
Chosen. Symmachus, "pure." (Calmet) --- Idols shall not be mentioned. (Theodoret) --- All people shall know and adore the Lord, which was verified only after Christ's coming. (Calmet) --- Septuagint,...
"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...
The Prophet now mitigates the asperity of his doctrine, which might have greatly terrified the godly; nay, it might have wholly disheartened them, had no consolation been applied. God then moderates h...
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...
FOR THEN WILL I TURN TO THE PEOPLE A PURE LANGUAGE,.... That is, at or about the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans; when the Jews, both in their own land, and in the Gentile world, wo...
_For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent._ Ver. 9. _For then will I turn to the people a pure language_] "T...
_For then_ Or, _afterward_, as the particle אז seems to signify here, _will I turn_, or _restore, to the people a pure language_ I will turn them from their idolatries, and other wickedness, (see Zeph...
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, by purifying their sinful lips and thereby enabling them to call upon Him with pure lips, THAT THEY MAY ALL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD, in the t...
THE SALVATION OF THE DAUGHTER OF ZION...
LANGUAGE: _ Heb._ lip CONSENT: _ Heb._ shoulder...
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...
FOR THEN, or, then, AFTERWARDS, i.e. when my judgments have been executed, and have cut off the wicked, WILL I TURN TO THE PEOPLE A PURE LANGUAGE; I will give them a pure way of worshipping me, in pra...
Zephaniah 3:9 restore H2015 (H8799) peoples H5971 pure H1305 (H8803) language H8193 call H7121 (H8800) name...
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...
THEN WILL I TURN In Zephaniah the conversion of "the peoples" is stated out of the usual prophetic order, in which the blessing of Israel and the setting up of the kingdom precedes the conversion of...
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...
_For then will I turn to the nations a pure lip, that they may all invoke the name of the Lord, and serve Him with one shoulder._ ON SERVING GOD WITH ONE SHOULDER “Then!” When? In the day in which Go...
_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....
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 Kings 8:41; Acts 2:4; Ephesians 4:29; Genesis 11:1; Habakkuk 2:14;...
A pure language — I will give them a pure way of worshipping me, the issue of a pure heart....