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Text -- Zephaniah 3:1-10 (NET)

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Jerusalem is Corrupt
3:1 The filthy, stained city is as good as dead; the city filled with oppressors is finished! 3:2 She is disobedient; she refuses correction. She does not trust the Lord; she does not seek the advice of her God. 3:3 Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning. 3:4 Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God’s laws. 3:5 The just Lord resides within her; he commits no unjust acts. Every morning he reveals his justice. At dawn he appears without fail. Yet the unjust know no shame.
The Lord’s Judgment will Purify
3:6 “I destroyed nations; their walled cities are in ruins. I turned their streets into ruins; no one passes through them. Their cities are desolate; no one lives there. 3:7 I thought, ‘Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!’ If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did. 3:8 Therefore you must wait patiently for me,” says the Lord, “for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them– all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger. 3:9 Know for sure that I will then enable the nations to give me acceptable praise. All of them will invoke the Lord’s name when they pray, and will worship him in unison. 3:10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, those who pray to me will bring me tribute.
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Names, People and Places:
 · Ethiopia a country south of Egypt


Dictionary Themes and Topics: ZEPHANIAH, BOOK OF | Wolf | Afflictions and Adversities | Nation | Shame | Wicked | ETHIOPIA | Church | Injustice | God | Jealousy | Judge | Rulers | Waiting | Rising | Minister | Fear of God | Jesus, The Christ | Cush | CUSH (1) | more
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NET Notes: Zep 3:1 The following verses show that Jerusalem, personified as a woman (“she”), is the referent.

NET Notes: Zep 3:2 Heb “draw near to.” The present translation assumes that the expression “draw near to” refers to seeking God’s will (see...

NET Notes: Zep 3:3 Heb “they do not gnaw [a bone] at morning.” The precise meaning of the line is unclear. The statement may mean these wolves devour their p...

NET Notes: Zep 3:4 Heb “they treat violently [the] law.”

NET Notes: Zep 3:5 Heb “at the light he is not missing.” Note that NASB (which capitalizes pronouns referring to Deity) has divided the lines differently: &#...

NET Notes: Zep 3:6 Heb “so that there is no man, without inhabitant.”

NET Notes: Zep 3:7 Heb “But they got up early, they made corrupt all their actions.” The phrase “they got up early” probably refers to their eage...

NET Notes: Zep 3:8 Or “certainly.”

NET Notes: Zep 3:9 Heb “so that [they] will serve him [with] one shoulder.”

NET Notes: Zep 3:10 It is not certain if those who pray to me refers to the converted nations or to God’s exiled covenant people.

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