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'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