Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 3:11
Zephaniah 3:11. In that day Or, after that time; shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings Thy guilt and thy punishment shall cease: thou shalt be pardoned and reformed. For then will I take away them that rejoice in thy pride Or, greatness: or, as some render it, that exult in their pride. And thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain That is, because of mount Zion, my temple, the sacrifices offered there, and the ordinances of my worship. I will purge out from... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 3:10
Zephaniah 3:10. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia The expression, מעבר , rendered from beyond, may be translated, from the borders of, as it signifies indifferently the hither or further side of a river. In the war with Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt, many of the Jews were made captive and carried into Egypt, and from thence were sold into Ethiopia, properly so called. This prophecy, therefore, in its primary sense, seems to signify, that the posterity of these, termed here by God... read more