Zephaniah 2:7 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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:7

The coast shall be for the remnant - Several devastations fell on the Philistines. Gaza was ruined by the army of Alexander the Great, and the Maccabees finally accomplished all that was predicted by the prophets against this invariably wicked people. They lost their polity, and were at last obliged to receive circumcision. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 2:4-7

§ 2. The admonition is enforced by the announcement of the punishment that is about to fall on various nations, which shall prepare the way for the general acceptance of true religion; and first the sentence shall reach the Philistines. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zephaniah 2:7

And the coast shall be for the remnant, etc.; it will be a tract .for the remnant. The district will be the possession of the Jews, who should be restored to their land ( Obadiah 1:19 ). Zephaniah virtually predicts the Captivity and the return, and intimates that the destruction of hostile nations is the means of advancing true religion. They shall feed their flocks thereupon . Where the Philistine cities stood shall be the pasture ground of the Israelites' flocks. Ashkelon . One... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zephaniah 2:7

And the coast shall be - Or probably, “It shall be a portion for the remnant of the house of Judah.” He uses the word, employed in the first assignment of the land to Israel ; and of the whole people as belonging to God, “Jacob is the ‘lot’ of His inheritance” Deuteronomy 32:9. “The tract of the sea,” which, with the rest, was assigned to Israel, which, for its unfaithfulness, was seldom, even in part, possessed, and at this time, was wholly forfeited, should be a portion for the mere “remnant”... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zephaniah 2:4-7

Zephaniah 2:4-7. For Gaza shall be forsaken The prophet digresses here to foretel the fate of some cities and nations bordering on Judea; probably with a view to show that when Judea should be invaded, and Jerusalem attacked, there would be no place for the Jews to escape to, since all the neighbouring cities would be brought to ruin, as well as those of Judea. Nebuchadnezzar, as history informs us, took many of the cities of the Philistines. Wo to the inhabitants of the sea-coasts Wo to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 2:1-15

The certainty of judgment (2:1-15)In spite of the certainty of judgment, there is still hope for those who will turn to God in humility and faith. The only ones to escape the divine wrath will be those who renounce their former wrongdoing and determine to live in obedience to God (2:1-3).To impress upon the Jerusalemites that no sinners will escape God’s wrath, Zechariah gives them examples of coming judgment on neighbouring nations. The first judgment concerns regions to the west of Judah. The... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zephaniah 2:7

be for. Supply the Ellipsis = "be for [a possession] to". God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . shall visit them. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 50:24 .Exodus 3:16; Exodus 3:16 ). App-92 . them: i.e. the remnant of Judah. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zephaniah 2:7

"And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed their flocks thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for Jehovah their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity."When Jesus said, "The meek shall inherit the earth," he said essentially what Zephaniah says here. The feeble fulfillment of this verse in the return of a few Israelites from Babylonian captivity is only a mere token of all this passage means."And bring back... read more