Scofield's Reference Notes - Zephaniah 3:12
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C.I. Scofield
Scofield's Reference Notes - Zephaniah 3:15
the midst of thee That this, and all like passages in the Prophets (see "Kingdom (O.T.)," Genesis 1:26; Zechariah 12:8 cannot refer to anything which occurred at the first coming of Christ is clear from the context. The precise reverse was true. (See Scofield "Zechariah 12:8- :") . read more
Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 3:1-20
Chapter 3Now 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 near to her God ( Zephaniah 3:1-2 ).So God's indictment against her: she wouldn't listen, she wouldn't obey, she wouldn't receive correction, she wouldn't trust in the Lord, she would not draw near to God.Her princes within her are as roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw... read more
Joseph Sutcliffe
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 3:1-20
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 reads, I have cut off the palaces of Damascus, and of Samaria, so that no man now walks in their streets. This had been recently done by Salmanezer, king of Assyria; yet Jerusalem took no warning by the fall of her sister Samaria. Zephaniah 3:8 . Therefore, wait ye upon me, saith the Lord. ... read more
Joseph Exell
The Biblical Illustrator - Zephaniah 3:11-13
Zephaniah 3:11-13In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings.A sketch of a morally regenerated cityI. The utter absence of bad. There is an absence of--1. Painful memories. “In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings.” Thou wilt not need to be ashamed of all thy iniquities--(1) Because they are all forgiven,(2) Because they will occur no more.2. Wicked citizens. “I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride.”3. All crimes. “The remnant of... read more
Joseph Exell
The Biblical Illustrator - Zephaniah 3:12
Zephaniah 3:12I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord.The rich povertyI. God’s dealings with His poor Church when He comes to visit the world. “I will leave in the midst of thee.” God will have some in the worst time. This is an article of our faith. We believe in the “holy Catholic Church.” The world should not stand were it not for a company in the world that are His. Though God’s people be but a few, yet hath He a special... read more
Joseph Exell
The Biblical Illustrator - Zephaniah 3:13
Zephaniah 3:13The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity.The saved remnantThe “remnant” is those who are left after the sifting out. God is ever sifting out, and the unworthy fall through the meshes of the mighty sieve. They are swept up and east out, but the worthy remain. He sifted Israel. The Captivity tested them. He sifted the infant Church. Persecution proved its members. The text refers to the blessed privilege of those who shall endure.I. Their number. Only a “remnant” It was but a... read more
Joseph Exell
The Biblical Illustrator - Zephaniah 3:14-17
Zephaniah 3:14-17Sing, O daughter of Zion.Joy: human and DivineHere is a call to the regenerated inhabitants of Jerusalem to exult in the mercy of God, who has wrought their deliverance.I. The joy of the regenerated man.1. The joy of gratitude for the deliverance from evil.2. The joy of conscious security.II. The joy of the regenerating God. The joy of infinite benevolence. In this joy the redeemed will participate. (Homilist.)Exhortation to joyThese words form the basis of an exhortation to... read more
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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Zephaniah 3:17
DISCOURSE: 1232GOD’S DELIGHT IN SAVING SINNERSZephaniah 3:17. The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty: he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy: he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.HOW wonderful are these expressions, as uttered by Jehovah himself, in reference to such a worthless and sinful creature as man! But they are the very words of the Most High God addressed to his Church of old, and, in them, to us also. Behold then,I.What bright prospects are... read more