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BEFORE THE DECREE BRING FORTH - God’s word is full (as it were) of
the event which it foretelleth; it contains its own fulfillment in
itself, and “travaileth” until it come to pass, giving signs of
it...
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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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ZEPHANIAH 2. DOOM ON PHILISTIA [MOAB AND AMMON], ETHIOPIA, AND
ASSYRIA.
Zephaniah 2:1. Having spent its rage on Judah, the storm of Divine
judgment sweeps south by the Philistian sea-board, uprooting...
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DAY. judgment. See note on Zephaniah 1:8....
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The verse is probably in some disorder: the first two clauses can
hardly present the original text, and the last two clauses look like
duplicates of one another.
_Before the decree bring forth_ The ...
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_REPENT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE -- ZEPHANIAH 2:1-3:_ God's people had
become a disgraceful nation. God called upon them to gather around and
focus their attention on correcting those things wherein they...
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DISCOURSE: 1228
REPENTANCE URGED
Zephaniah 2:1. _Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O
nation not desired; before the decree bring forth, before the day pass
as the chaff, before the fi...
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JUDGEMENT OF JUDAH. Zephaniah 1:4 to Zephaniah 2:3)
RV. And I will stretch our my hand upon Judah, and upon all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from
this place, an...
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Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff,
before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of
the LORD's anger come upon you.
BEFORE THE DECREE BRING FORTH...
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JEHOVAH'S IMPENDING JUDGMENT UPON JUDAH'S NEIGHBOURS AND FOES
The universal note which is struck in Zechariah 1:2 is now further
amplified. Jehovah's agents of punishment, the Scythians, shall carry...
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THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA
BOOK OF ZEPHANIAH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 2
V1 Come together. Come together, (people from) the country that will
not be ashamed!
V2 (Come together) before:
• (the *LOR...
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II.
(1-3) An exhortation to seek God before His day of vengeance is
revealed....
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בְּ טֶ֨רֶם֙ לֶ֣דֶת חֹ֔ק כְּ מֹ֖ץ
עָ֣בַר יֹ֑ום בְּ טֶ֣רֶם ׀ לֹא ־יָבֹ֣וא
עֲלֵיכֶ֗ם חֲרֹון֙...
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THE PROPHET AND THE REFORMERS
Zephaniah 1:1 - Zephaniah 2:3
TOWARDS the year 625, when King Josiah had passed out of his minority,
and was making his first efforts at religious reform, prophecy, lon...
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MEEKNESS SAVES, PRIDE DESTROYS
Zephaniah 2:1-15
The nation, on the whole, had no remorse, no desire for God; but there
were a few meek and lowly souls, and the hope was held out to them
that they wo...
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The first movement of the prophecy is the prophet's declaration of the
coming judgment of Jehovah. This he announced in general terms, then
described more particularly its procedure and character.
Th...
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_The day. Hebrew, "to-day." (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "before you
become as a passing flower." Protestants, " before the day pass as the
chaff." (Haydock)_...
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"Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not
desired; (2) Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the
chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before...
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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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Chapter 2, while revealing the character of the nation, addresses
itself to her, in order that all those at least who fear Jehovah may
be hidden in the day of His anger. They are called to gather
them...
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BEFORE THE DECREE BRING FORTH, [BEFORE] THE DAY PASS AS THE CHAFF,....
Which was like a woman big with child, ready to be delivered. The
decree of God concerning the people of the Jews was pregnant wi...
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Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass as the chaff,
before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of
the LORD'S anger come upon you.
Ver. 2. _Before the decree brin...
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_Gather yourselves together_, &c. Assemble yourselves to make a public
humiliation: see Joel 2:16. _O nation not desired_ Or _coveted_, as
the word נכס Šproperly signifies. The Vulgate renders it, _no...
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THE EXHORTATION AND THE DOOM OF THE PHILISTINES...
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1-3 The prophet calls to national repentance, as the only way to
prevent national ruin. A nation not desiring, that has not desires
toward God, is not desirous of his favour and grace, has no mind to...
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BEFORE THE DECREE, the Word of the prophet which declares the purpose
of God against this sinful people, bring forth: the degree is
pregnant, nay, hath gone a great while, but is now like a woman near...
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Zephaniah 2:2 decree H2706 issued H3205 (H8800) day H3117 passes H5674
(H8804) chaff H4671 Before H3808 LORDS H3068 fierce H2740 anger H639
comes H935 (H8799) day H3117 LORDS H3068 anger H639 comes H9...
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CHAPTER 2 YHWH'S JUDGMENT WILL ALSO COME ON THE SURROUNDING NATIONS
FOR THEIR SINS.
A Final Plea to Judah and Jerusalem (Zephaniah 2:1).
Zephaniah 2:1
“Gather yourselves together, yes, gather toget...
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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...
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Zephaniah 2:1. _Gather yourselves together,_ for fasting and prayer,
_oh nation not desired,_ whose practices are lothed and abhorred; a
nation whom God will not own as his chosen people.
Zephaniah 2...
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_Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth._
SIN AND REPENTANCE, THE BANE AND ANTIDOTE
An exhortation to the men of Judah to repent ere the Chaldean invaders
approach and wreak destruction on their...
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ZEPHANIAH 2:1 Repentance Is Still Possible. Although sin is a
universal human problem, God will show grace if his people repent. And
yet, Israel’s actions demonstrate that they are not covenant
follow...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] Summons to repent. GATHER] As stubble (Exodus 5:7);
then generally, to collect; in this sense, to gather one’s self, to
examine one’s self. DESIRED] A word which signifies primarily,...
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EXPOSITION.
VERSE 2:1-3:8
Part II. EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE AND TO PERSEVERANCE.
ZEPHANIAH 2:1
§ 1. The prophet urges all to examine their ways before the day of
the Lord come; and he prays the r...
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Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired
(Zephaniah 2:1);
Now that "not desired" in the Hebrew literally means "a nation that
knows no shame." They were doing shameful t...
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2 Chronicles 36:16; 2 Chronicles 36:17; 2 Kings 22:16; 2 Kings 22:17;
2 Kings 23:26; 2 Kings 23:27; 2 Peter 3:4; Ezekiel 12:25; Hosea 13:3;...
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The decree — Before God's decree is put in execution. The day —
Before the day of your calamities. As the chaff — Carry you away as
the wind carries chaff away....