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Text -- Zephaniah 2:1-10 (NET)

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The Prophet Warns the People
2:1 Bunch yourselves together like straw, you undesirable nation, 2:2 before God’s decree becomes reality and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff, before the Lord’s raging anger overtakes you– before the day of the Lord’s angry judgment overtakes you! 2:3 Seek the Lord’s favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the Lord’s angry judgment.
Judgment on Surrounding Nations
2:4 Indeed, Gaza will be deserted and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, and Ekron will be overthrown. 2:5 Those who live by the sea, the people who came from Crete, are as good as dead. The Lord has decreed your downfall, Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy everyone who lives there!” 2:6 The seacoast will be used as pasture lands by the shepherds and as pens for their flocks. 2:7 Those who are left from the kingdom of Judah will take possession of it. By the sea they will graze, in the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down in the evening, for the Lord their God will intervene for them and restore their prosperity. 2:8 “I have heard Moab’s taunts and the Ammonites’ insults. They taunted my people and verbally harassed those living in Judah. 2:9 Therefore, as surely as I live,” says the Lord who commands armies, the God of Israel, “be certain that Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah. They will be overrun by weeds, filled with salt pits, and permanently desolate. Those of my people who are left will plunder their belongings; those who are left in Judah will take possession of their land.” 2:10 This is how they will be repaid for their arrogance, for they taunted and verbally harassed the people of the Lord who commands armies.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Ammonites the tribe/nation of people descended from Ben-Ammi, Lot's son,Territory of the tribe/nation of Ammon
 · Ashdod a town on the western coast of the territory of Judah
 · Ashkelon a town of the Philistines between Ashdod and Gaza (OS)
 · Canaan the region ofeast Mediterranean coastal land from Arvad (modern Lebanon) south to Gaza,the coast land from Mt. Carmel north to the Orontes River
 · Cherethites a tribe of Philistines in southern Canaan (YC),officers who formed part of David's guard
 · Ekron a town in the western foothills of Judah,residents of the town of Ekron
 · Gaza a city A Philistine town 5 km east of the Mediterranean and 60 west of Hebron,a town on the western coast of the territory of Judah,a town and the region it controled
 · Gomorrah an ancient city known for its sin whose ruins are said to be visible from the Masada,a town destroyed with Sodom by burning sulphur
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Judah the son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,a tribe, the land/country,a son of Joseph; the father of Simeon; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Jacob/Israel and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,the tribe of Judah,citizens of the southern kingdom of Judah,citizens of the Persian Province of Judah; the Jews who had returned from Babylonian exile,"house of Judah", a phrase which highlights the political leadership of the tribe of Judah,"king of Judah", a phrase which relates to the southern kingdom of Judah,"kings of Judah", a phrase relating to the southern kingdom of Judah,"princes of Judah", a phrase relating to the kingdom of Judah,the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah, and also the extended territory of the southern kingdom of Judah,the Province of Judah under Persian rule,"hill country of Judah", the relatively cool and green central highlands of the territory of Judah,"the cities of Judah",the language of the Jews; Hebrew,head of a family of Levites who returned from Exile,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a man who was second in command of Jerusalem; son of Hassenuah of Benjamin,a Levite in charge of the songs of thanksgiving in Nehemiah's time,a leader who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,a Levite musician who helped Zechariah of Asaph dedicate Nehemiah's wall
 · Moab resident(s) of the country of Moab
 · Philistines a sea people coming from Crete in 1200BC to the coast of Canaan
 · sea the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River,the Mediterranean Sea,the Persian Gulf south east of Babylon,the Red Sea
 · Sodom an ancient town somewhere in the region of the Dead Sea that God destroyed with burning sulphur,a town 25 km south of Gomorrah and Masada


Dictionary Themes and Topics: ZEPHANIAH, BOOK OF | Nahum, Book of | Philistines | Prophecy | CHAFF | COAST | Ammonites | Moabite | Remnant | Meekness | Cherethites | Ashkelon | Day | Nettles | Ashdod | NETTLE | Gaza | JOEL (2) | Sodom | Wicked | more
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NET Notes: Zep 2:1 Some relate this word to an Aramaic cognate meaning “to be ashamed.” With the negative particle it would then mean “unashamed”...

NET Notes: Zep 2:2 Heb “comes upon.” This phrase occurs twice in this verse.

NET Notes: Zep 2:3 Heb “hidden.” Cf. NEB “it may be that you will find shelter”; NRSV “perhaps you may be hidden.”

NET Notes: Zep 2:4 Heb “uprooted.” There is a sound play here in the Hebrew text: the name “Ekron” (עֶקְרו...

NET Notes: Zep 2:5 Heb “I will destroy you so there is no inhabitant [remaining].”

NET Notes: Zep 2:6 The Hebrew phrase here is נְוֹת כְּרֹת (nÿvot kÿrot). The first word is pr...

NET Notes: Zep 2:7 Traditionally, “restore their captivity,” i.e., bring back their captives, but it is more likely the expression means “restore their...

NET Notes: Zep 2:8 Heb “and they made great [their mouth?] against their territory.” Other possible translation options include (1) “they enlarged thei...

NET Notes: Zep 2:9 Heb “[the] nation.” For clarity the “nation” has been specified as “Judah” in the translation.

NET Notes: Zep 2:10 Heb “made great [their mouth?] against” (cf. the last phrase of v. 8).

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