“ Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! ”
The “woe,” having gone round the pagan nations, again circles round where it began, the “Jerusalem that killed the prophets and stoned those that were sent unto her” Matthew 23:37 . Woe upon her,...
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing (a) city! (a) That is, Jerusalem.
The Sin of Jerusalem contrasted with the Righteousness of Yahweh. From scenes of doom and desolation we are now led back in thought to the sins that drew down Yahweh's hand in wrath. Despite His co...
Woe . Alas for! See note on "For", Zephaniah 2:4 . her: i.e. Jerusalem. See the Structure, p. 1272. filthy . rebellious. polluted. Hebrew. ga'al, (1) to redeem: (2) to make or deem common...
The Prophet speaks here again against Jerusalem; for first, the Jews ought ever to have been severely reproved, as they were given to many sins; and secondly, because there was always there som...
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! Wo to her that is filthy - This is a denunciation of Divine judgment against Jerusalem.
Woe to her that is filthy, &c.— Woe to her that provoketh wrath, and is defiled; to the oppressed city; or city of oppressors. Zephaniah 3:2 . Which heareth not the voice, nor receiveth i...
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! Woe to her that is filthy. Maurer translates, from a different root [mowrª'aah, from maaraah ( H4784 ), to rebel], 'rebell...
Her that is filthy and polluted ] evidently Jerusalem. The cause is the crimes of her civil and religious leaders. 3. They gnaw not the bones till the morrow ] LXX is more in accord with the contex...
III. (1-4) The prophet denounces the corruption and moral obduracy which characterise all classes in Jerusalem. This denunciation comes in with startling abruptness. The prophet does not even name...
SO AS BY FIRE Zephaniah 3:1-20 THE third chapter of the Book of Zephaniah consists of two sections, of which only the first, Zephaniah 3:1-13 , is a genuine work of the prophet; while the seco...
Fullness of Salvation Zephaniah 3:1-20 The sins of Jerusalem , Zephaniah 3:1-7 . Uninfluenced by judgments upon other nations, Jerusalem pursued her course, morally impure, oppressive, refus...
In this chapter the prophet yet more clearly set forth the sin of the people, and spoke of the hopelessness of the case from the human standpoint. This gave him his opportunity to announce the victor...
CONTENTS This Chapter opens in sharp reproofs to Jerusalem, but ends in blessed promises. It contains much of Gospel mercies, and sweetly points to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Woe to her that is filthy, and polluted ,.... Meaning the city of Jerusalem, and its inhabitants; not as before the Babylonish captivity, but after their return from it, under the second temple, as...
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! Ver. 1. Woe to her that is filthy and polluted ] Meaning Jerusalem, once a faithful city, now an harlot, Isaiah 1:21 , faedissimum...
Wo to her that is filthy (Bishop Newcome reads, rebellious , and the Vulgate, provoking, ) and polluted That is, defiled with various crimes; to the oppressing city It is well deserving of ou...
The Depravity of Jerusalem. B. C. 612. 1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the...
ZEPHANIAH CHAPTER 3 A sharp reproof of Jerusalem for divers sins, Zephaniah 3:1-7 . An exhortation to wait for the restoration of Israel Zephaniah 3:8-13 ; and to rejoice for their salvation...
The Condition of Judah and Jerusalem ( Zephaniah 3:1-7 ). Zephaniah 3:1-2 ‘Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, To the oppressing city. She did not obey the voice. She did not receive...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Woe ] to Jerusalem; others, Nineveh. Filthy ] From a word, to straighten oneself; hence, to rebel, to be refractory. Zephaniah 3:2 . Voice ] In law and prophets. Correction ]...
Zephaniah 3:1 . Woe to the oppressing city, to Jerusalem, now polluted with every crime, and every year growing a carcase for the eagles. Zephaniah 3:6 . I have cut off the nations. The Chalda...
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! A religious city terribly degenerate I. A professedly religious city terribly degenerated. 1. The princes are mentioned. They...
EXPOSITION. Zephaniah 3:1-36 § 6. The prophet turns to Jerusalem, and warns her that, if God punishes the heathen, he will not spare the hardened sinners in Judah. Zephaniah 3:1 Woe...
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, stubborn and full of uncleanness, to the oppressing city where violence against the weak and downtrodden was the order of the day.
Amos 3:9 ; Amos 4:1 ; Ezekiel 22:29 ; Ezekiel 22:7 ; Isaiah 30:12 ; Isaiah 5:7 ; Isaiah 59:13 ; Jeremiah 22:17 ; Jeremiah 6:6 ; Leviticus 1:16 ; Malachi 3:5 ; Micah 2:2 ; Zechariah 7:10...
To her — Jerusalem.