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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 3:11

In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings - Because God, forgiving them, will blot them out and no more remember them. This was first fulfilled in the Gospel. Cyril: “No one can doubt that when Christ came in the flesh, there was an amnesty and remission to all who believed. ‘For we are justified not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His great mercy.’ But we have been released from shame. For ‘He’ hath restored us to freedom of access to God, Who for... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 3:12

I will also leave - (Over, as a remnant, it is still the same heavy prophecy, that a remnant only ‘shall be saved’) “an afflicted and poor people.” priests, (except that ‘great company who were obedient to the faith’) Acts 6:7, scribes, lawyers, Pharisees, Sadducees were taken away; and there remained “the people of the land” , the “unlearned and ignorant” Acts 4:13, “the weak things of the world and the things despised” 1 Corinthians 1:27-28 who bore the very title of their Master, “the poor... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 3:13

The remnant of Israel - The same poor people, the “true Israel” of whom God said, “I leave over” (the word is the same) “a poor people,” few, compared with the rest who were blinded; of whom the Lord said, “I know whom I have chosen” John 13:18. These “shall not do iniquity nor speak lies.” Cyril: “This is a spiritual adorning, a most beautiful coronet of glorious virtues. For where meekness and humility are and the desire of righteousness, and the tongue unlearns vain words and sinful speech,... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 3:14

Sing, O daughter of Sion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem - Very remarkable throughout all these verses is the use of the sacred number three, secretly conveying to the thoughtful soul the thought of Him, Father Son and Holy Spirit, the Holy and Undivided Trinity by whose operation these things shall be. Threefold is the description of their being freed from sins:(1) they shall “not do iniquity,”(2) “nor speak lies,”(3) “neither shall a deceitful... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 3:15

The Lord hath taken away thy judgments - Her own, because brought upon her by her sins. But when God takes away the chastisements in mercy, He removes and forgives the sin too. Else, to remove “the judgments” only, would be to abandon the sinner. “He hath cast out,” literally, “cleared quite away” , as a man clears away all hindrances, all which stands in the way, so that there should be none whatever left - “thine enemy;” the one enemy, from whom every hindrance to our salvation comes, as He... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 3:16

In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not - For “perfect love casteth out fear” John 4:18; from where he saith, “Fear not, little flock; it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” Luke 12:32. Who then and what should the Church or the faithful soul fear, since “mightier is He that is in her, than he that is in the world? And to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack,” through faint-heartedness (see Hebrews 12:12), but work with all thy might; be ready to do or bear... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He will save - What can He then not do for thee, since He is Almighty? What will He not do for thee, since “He will save?” whom then should we fear? “If God be for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31. But then was He especially “in the midst of” us, when God “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us; and we beheld His Glory, the Glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and Truth” John 1:14. Thenceforth He ever is in the... read more

Joseph Benson

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 3:12-13

Zephaniah 3:12-13. I will also leave in the midst of thee Of Judea and Jerusalem; an afflicted and poor people Hebrew, עם עני ודל , a people humble, or meek, and poor. When the Chaldeans carried away the Jews into captivity, they left of the poor of the land for vine-dressers and husbandmen; and such as returned from the Babylonish captivity were generally both poor and lowly, and dead to all confidence in external privileges. These were a type and figure of God’s spiritual remnant,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 3:14-15

Zephaniah 3:14-15. Sing, O daughter of Zion At that time, O daughter of Zion, thou shalt break forth into loud and joyful praises to Jehovah, for his goodness toward thee; and thou mayest even now do it, for thou shalt certainly enjoy this prosperous state. The injunction here to Zion, to be thankful and joyful, is trebled, sing, shout, and rejoice, as it is elsewhere in both Testaments; and it is a sin for the people of God not to rejoice, as well as not to repent. Thus, after the... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 3:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 3:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 3:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 3:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 3:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 3:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 3:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 3:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 3:12-13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 3:14-15

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