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Zephaniah 2:1 open_in_new
Gathers. Collect. Hebrew. kashash. Occurs only in Exodus 5:7; Exodus 5:12.Numbers 15:32; Numbers 15:33. 1Ki 17:10, 1 Kings 17:12. It is not the same word as in Zephaniah 3:8; Zephaniah 3:18. or in Zephaniah 3:19; Zephaniah 3:20. See the notes there.
not desired. not desirable. Figure of speech Antimereia (of Verb), App-6.
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Zephaniah 2:2 open_in_new
day. judgment. See note on Zephaniah 1:8.
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Zephaniah 2:3 open_in_new
Seek... seek. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:29), as in Zephaniah 1:6.
judgment. ordinances; as in Isaiah 58:2.Jeremiah 8:7.
ye shall be hid. Referring to Isaiah 26:20, and the meaning of the name Zephaniah.
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Zephaniah 2:4 open_in_new
For Gaza. Supply the logical Ellipsis (App-6), here, and in verses: Zep 8:12, Zep 8:13, Zephaniah 3:1, thus: "[Mine anger shall be upon Gaza, saith the Lord], For", &c.
Gaza... forsaken. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6), for emphasis. Heb 'azzah... 'azubah.
Ashkelon. Now 'Askalan, on the coast of Philistia.
desolation. ruin. Long since fulfilled.
Aahdod Now Esdud. The same as Azotus in Acts 8:40.
at the noon day: i.e. during the noon day siesta.
Ekron... rooted up. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia, for emphasis. Hebrew. 'ekron... te'aker.
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Zephaniah 2:5 open_in_new
sea coast: or, country by the sea.
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Zephaniah 2:6 open_in_new
dwellings. pastures.
cottages. pens.
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Zephaniah 2:7 open_in_new
be for. Supply the Ellipsis. "be for [a possession] to".
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
shall visit them. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 50:24.Exodus 3:16; Exodus 3:16). App-92.
them: i.e. the remnant of Judah.
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Zephaniah 2:8 open_in_new
I have heard. Supply the logical Ellipsis (App-6): "[My judgment shall come upon Moab], for. have heard", &c, as in Zephaniah 2:8, &c.
Moab. Compare Isaiah 1. and Isaiah 16; Jeremiah 48; Amos 2:1-3.
children. sons.
Ammon. Compare Jeremiah 49:1-6; Amos 1:13-15.
reproached. See Judges 11:12-28.
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Zephaniah 2:9 open_in_new
saith the LORD of hosts. [is] the oracle of Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3.
the God of Israel. See note on Isaiah 29:23.
shall be as Sodom. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 19:24; Genesis 19:25). App-92.
the breeding of nettles, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:23, &c.)
of My People. Some codices, with two early printed editions (one Rabbinic), read "of the nations".
People. nation.
possess. inherit.
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Zephaniah 2:11 open_in_new
famish. cause to waste away.
the isles of the heathen. the coast-lands of the nations. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 10:5). App-92. The phrase occurs nowhere else.
isles. coast-lands.
heathen. nations.
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Zephaniah 2:12 open_in_new
ye. See note on "For", Zephaniah 2:4.
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Zephaniah 2:13 open_in_new
And He. See note on "For", Zephaniah 2:4.
stretch out His hand. Idiom for executing judgment.
the north: i.e. against Assyria, because although west of Canaan, the road and entrance was by the north.
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Zephaniah 2:14 open_in_new
all. all kinds of. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), App-6.
upper lintels. chapiters, or carved capitals.
cedar work: i.e. the wainscotting.
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Zephaniah 2:15 open_in_new
wag his hand. Idiom expressive of derision.