Zephaniah 3:6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 3:1-8

More sins of Jerusalem (3:1-8)Zephaniah now returns to consider further the sins of Jerusalem. Injustice and oppression are widespread, and people who are guilty of such evils take no notice of the prophet’s rebukes (3:1-2). Officials and judges are corrupt. More savage than lions and greedier than wolves, they favour only those who pay them well. Religious leaders are just as bad, and use their position to gain benefits for themselves (3-4).Daily, God has showed the people what is right, but... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 3:6

towers. See note on Zephaniah 1:16 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 3:6

"I have cut off nations; their battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.""I have cut off nations ..." It had been only a hundred years since God had cut off the northern kingdom, an event still fresh in the memory of Judah. Furthermore, throughout history, there had been many other examples of God's displeasure with great and wicked civilizations, cut off forever by the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 3:6

6. I had hoped that My people by My judgments on other nations would be led to amendment; but they are not, so blinded by sin are they. towers—literally, "angles" or "corners"; hence the towers built at the angles of their city walls. Under Josiah's long and peaceful reign the Jews were undisturbed, while the great incursion of Scythians into Western Asia took place. The judgment on the ten tribes in a former reign also is here alluded to. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zephaniah 3:1-7

D. Judgment on Jerusalem 3:1-7Having announced that divine judgment would come on the nations around Judah (Zephaniah 2:4-15), the prophet returned to the subject of Yahweh’s judgment on the Chosen People (cf. Zephaniah 1:4 to Zephaniah 2:3), but this time he focused more particularly on Jerusalem. Though he did not mention Jerusalem by name, it is clearly in view."Like Isaiah and Micah, he is a prophet of the city, open-eyed to its faults; unlike them, his focus is almost wholly civic and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zephaniah 3:2-8

II. THE DAY OF YAHWEH’S JUDGMENT 1:2-3:8Zephaniah’s prophecies are all about "the day of the LORD." He revealed two things about this "day." First, it would involve judgment (Zephaniah 1:2 to Zephaniah 3:8) and, second, it would eventuate in blessing (Zephaniah 3:9-20). The judgment portion is the larger of the two sections of revelation. This judgment followed by blessing motif is common throughout the Prophets. Zephaniah revealed that judgment would come from Yahweh on the whole earth, Judah,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zephaniah 3:6

The Lord reminded the Jerusalemites that He had already destroyed other nations. This probably refers to the nations around Judah that He had already allowed to fall to the Assyrians. He compared such a fallen nation to a city with strong corner towers that now lay in ruin because of the enemy’s destruction. The streets of this representative "city" also lay deserted. The real cities of these already defeated nations were in ruins without any inhabitants. Samaria was one such city, and the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 3:1-20

The Judgment upon the Evil Rulers of Jerusalem, and its ultimate Purification and RestorationLike Amos and Micah, the prophet sternly denounces the crimes of the ruling classes in Jerusalem, points out their ingratitude to Jehovah, and announces the doom that is inevitable. The gloom of the opening vv. is dispelled, however, by the hopes of restoration which appear to reflect a later age. Zephaniah 3:9-10, Zephaniah 3:14-20 have the exultant ring of Isaiah 40-55.1. Her that is filthy and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zephaniah 3:5-7

(5-7) In contradistinction to this universal corruption, Jehovah daily exemplifies the law of righteousness, yet sinners are not moved to repentance (Zephaniah 3:5). He sets forth the great judgments He has executed on other sinful nations, but the warning is not heeded (Zephaniah 3:6-7). read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zephaniah 3:6

(6) The nations.—Those that were destroyed by the agency of Israel on invading the Promised Land; those also which were cut off by the Assyrians and the other great powers whom God used as His instruments (Isaiah 37:26). read more

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