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Zephaniah Chapter 3

After the prophesies about the gentiles, the prophet returned back to the city of Jerusalem v5: “The LORD within her is righteous”. Even though sometimes it may seems that God does not punish the wicked and reward the righteous. If we think that way, we are saying that God is not righteous. This scripture tells us that God does NO […]

Zephaniah Chapter 2

v2: The goal of this book is not to bring people to despair, but to repentance and obedience. v3: God is calling the Jews to seek Him be humble do what He commands Seek righteousness Seek humility v3: Many died in the Babylonians invasions, others were spared and some were exiled to Babylon. v4-5: Judgement will come to the gentiles […]

Zephaniah Chapter 1

v1: “The word of the LORD that came …” the same opening were also used by Hosea, Joel and Micah. This book, just like all the books in the bible, was written by the Holy Spirit through His chosen vessel, the prophets of God v1: Zephaniah was the only prophet whose lineage is traced by to four generations. Probably because […]

Zephaniah Introduction

Meaning of the name Zephaniah Yahweh hides or Yahweh has hidden or Yahweh treasured Three other men are called Zephaniah in Old Testament May point to God’s protection of His people during the impending difficulties in Zephaniah’s day Or may point to God’s protection of Zephaniah in his childhood during Manasseh’s wicked reign (2 Kings 21:16) Author We know very little about […]