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Text -- Zephaniah 3:1-11 (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 .
3:11 In that day you will not be ashamed of all your rebelliousness against me, for then I will remove from your midst those who proudly boast , and you will never again be arrogant on my holy hill .
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NET Notes -> Zep 3:1; Zep 3:1; Zep 3:1; Zep 3:2; Zep 3:2; Zep 3:2; Zep 3:3; Zep 3:3; Zep 3:3; Zep 3:3; Zep 3:3; Zep 3:4; Zep 3:4; Zep 3:4; Zep 3:4; Zep 3:5; Zep 3:5; Zep 3:5; Zep 3:5; Zep 3:6; Zep 3:6; Zep 3:6; Zep 3:6; Zep 3:7; Zep 3:7; Zep 3:7; Zep 3:7; Zep 3:7; Zep 3:7; Zep 3:7; Zep 3:8; Zep 3:8; Zep 3:8; Zep 3:8; Zep 3:9; Zep 3:9; Zep 3:9; Zep 3:9; Zep 3:10; Zep 3:10; Zep 3:10; Zep 3:11; Zep 3:11; Zep 3:11
NET Notes: Zep 3:1 The following verses show that Jerusalem, personified as a woman (“she”), is the referent.
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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...
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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...
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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: ...
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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...
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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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