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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 3:13

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity - O what a change! And then, how different shall they be from their present selves! Iniquity, lying, and deceit shall not be found among them! A Jew once said to me "Tere are shome of you Christians who are making wonderful efforts to convert the Tshews (Jews.) Ah, dere ish none but Gott Almighty dat can convert a Tshew." Truly I believe him. Only God can convert any man; and if there be a peculiar difficulty to convert any soul, that difficulty... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 3:9

Verse 9 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 here what he had previously threatened; for if the Prophet had only said this—My purpose is to gather all the nations, and thus the whole earth shall be devoured by the fire of indignation, what could the faithful have concluded but that they were to perish with the rest of the world? It was... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 3:10

Verse 10 Interpreters agree not as to the meaning of this verse; for some of the Hebrews connect this with the former, as though the Prophet was still speaking of the calling of the Gentiles. But others, with whom I agree, apply this to the dispersed Jews, so that the Prophet here gives hope of that restoration, of which he had before spoken. They who understand this of the Gentiles, think that Atharai and Phorisai are proper names. But in the first place, we cannot find that any nations were... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 3:11

Verse 11 Here the Prophet teaches us, that the Church would be different, when God removed the dross and gathered to himself a pure and chosen people: and the Prophet stated this, that the faithful might not think it hard that God so diminished his Church that hardly the tenth part remained; for it was a sad and a bitter thing, that of a vast multitude a very few only remained. It could not then be, but that the ruin of their brethren greatly affected the Jews, though they knew them to be... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 3:12

Verse 12 Here the Prophet pursues the same subject—that God would provide for the safety of his Church, by cutting off the majority of the people, and by reserving a few; for his purpose was to gather for himself a pure and holy Church, as the city had previously been full of all uncleanness. It ought, then, to have been a compensation to ease their grief, when the godly saw that God would be propitious to them, though he had treated them with great severity. And we must bear in mind what I... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 3:9

Will I turn to the people ( peoples ) a pure language ( lip ) . When his judgments have done their work, God will bring the heathen to the knowledge of him. He will purify their lips, which have been polluted with the names of idols and the worship offered to false gods ( Psalms 16:4 ; Hosea 2:17 ); the confusion of Babel shall be done away, and all shall speak the language of faith in one God. This, of course, points to Messianic times. For "pure lip," the Vulgate has, labium... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 3:9-10

§ 1. The heathen shall be converted, and shall help in the restoration of Israel. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 3:9-20

Part III . PROMISE OF THE CONVERSION OF THE WORLD AND THE HAPPINESS OF ISRAEL . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 3:9-20

Very remarkable is the way in which the most gracious promises are in this book interwoven, and, as it were, wrapped up in threatenings of judgment. This appears in Zephaniah 2:11 , where it is declared that the Lord shall be terrible to the nations that magnified themselves against his people, and shall famish all the gods of the earth, so depriving these nations of their fancied support and confidence; and then it is added that men shall worship him every one from his place, even all the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 3:10

From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia ( Cush ) ; i.e. from the distant south, a type of the remotest parts of the world ( Zephaniah 2:12 ). The rivers of Cush ( Isaiah 18:1 ), are the Nile, the Atbara, and their affluents. My suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. From the ends of the earth, the Jews who have continued faithful to Jehovah, and have not lost their nationality among the Gentiles, but have considered themselves as belonging to "the... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 3:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 3:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 3:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 3:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 3:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 3:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 3:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 3:9-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 3:9-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 3:10

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