Zephaniah 2:5-13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 2:4-7

The prophet here comes to foretel what share the neighbouring nations should have in the destruction made upon those parts of the world by Nebuchadnezzar and his victorious Chaldees, as others of the prophets did at that time, which is designed, 1. To awaken the people of the Jews, by making them sensible how strong, how deep, how large, the inundation of calamities should be, that the day of the Lord, which was near, might appear the more dreadful, and they might thereby be quickened to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 2:8-11

The Moabites and Ammonites were both of the posterity of Lot; their countries joined, and, both adjoining to Israel, they are here put together in the prophecy against them. I. They are both charged with the same crime, and that was reproaching and reviling the people of God and triumphing in their calamities (Zeph. 2:8): They have reproached my people; while God's people kept close to their duty it is probable that they reproached them for the singularities of their religion; and now that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:5

Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coasts, the nation of the Cherethites ,.... Which is a name of the Philistines in general, as Kimchi and Ben Melech; or these were a particular tribe belonging to them, that inhabited the southern part of their country; see 1 Samuel 30:14 those on the sea coast, the coast of the Mediterranean sea, and so lay between that and Judea: out of this nation, in the times of David and Solomon, were some choice soldiers selected, called the Cherethites and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:6

And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds ,.... That tract of land which lay on the coast of the Mediterranean sea, inhabited by the Philistines, should now become so desolate, that instead of towns and cities full of merchants and sea faring persons, and houses full of inhabitants, and warehouses full of goods, there should now only be seen a few huts and cottages for shepherds to dwell in, to shelter them from the heat by day, and where they watched their flocks by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:7

And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah ,.... The same tract of land become so desolate through the Chaldeans, should in future time, when those that remained of the Jews were returned from their captivity in Babylon, be inhabited by them. This was fulfilled in the times of the Maccabees, when the cities of Palestine, being rebuilt, were subdued by the Jews, and fell into their hands; and it is plain that in the times of the apostles those places were inhabited by the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:8

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon ,.... Two people that descended from Lot, through incest with his daughters; and are therefore mentioned together, as being of the same cast and complexion, and bitter enemies to the people of the Jews; whom they reproached and reviled, for the sake of their religion, because they adhered to the word and worship of God: this they did when the Jews were most firmly attached to the service of the true God; and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:9

Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... The Lord here swears by himself, by his life; partly to show how provoked he was at, and how grievously he resented, the injuries done to his people; and partly to observe the certain fulfilment of what is after declared; and it might be depended upon it would surely be done, not only because of his word and oath, which are immutable; but because of his ability to do it, as "the Lord of hosts", of armies above and below;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:10

This shall they have for their pride ,.... This calamity shall come upon their land, the land of the Moabites and Ammonites, for their pride, which often goes before a fall; and has frequently been the cause of the ruin of kingdoms and states, and of particular persons; and indeed seems to have been the first sin of the apostate angels, and of fallen man. Of the pride of Moab see Isaiah 16:6 , because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:11

The Lord will be terrible unto them ,.... To the Moabites and Ammonites in the execution of his judgments upon them, and make their proud hearts tremble; for with him is terrible majesty; he is terrible to the kings of the earth, and cuts off the spirit of princes, Job 37:22 or, as Kimchi observes, this may be understood of the people of God reproached by the Moabites and Ammonites, by whom the Lord is to be feared and reverenced with a godly and filial fear: so it may be rendered, "the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:12

Ye Ethiopians also ,.... Or, "as for ye Ethiopians also" F8 גם א־תאם כושים "etiam ad vos Aethiopes quod attinet", Piscator. ; not the Ethiopians in Africa beyond Egypt, at a distance from the land of Israel, and the countries before mentioned; but the inhabitants of Arabia Chusea, or Ethiopia, which lay near to Moab and Ammon; these should not escape, but suffer with their neighbours, who sometimes distressed the people of the Jews, and made war with them, being nigh them; see 2... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 2:4-7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zephaniah 2:8-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:12

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