Zephaniah 3:12 - Exposition.

A further characteristic of Messiah's kingdom is here unfolded. No worldly pomp or splendour shall be found in it; its members are not proud, conceited, self-reliant. I will also leave in the midst of thee. I will leave over, as a remnant saved in the judgment (camp. Romans 9:27 ; Micah 2:12 , and the note there). An afflicted and poor people. The two epithets and elsewhere joined together ( Job 34:28 ; Isaiah 26:6 ) to express the feeling of patience under affliction and inability to help one's self by one's own efforts. The spirit signified is just the contrary of the haughty, complacent, self-satisfied temper previously mentioned ( 1 Corinthians 1:26 ; James 2:5 ). They shall trust in the Name of the Lord. All self-confidence shall be abolished, and the religion of the remnant shall be characterized by quiet trust in God.