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
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