Zephaniah
God raised up certain "prophets" who were His mouthpieces.
They would speak out against their sin and idolatry and would
continually warn of God's judgment. Some of the prophets spoke
out in the North and some in the South, but God was faithfully
warning them of certain catastrophe if they would not turn to
him....
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The superscription of the Book of Zephaniah attributes its
authorship to "Zephaniah son of Cushi son of Gedaliah son of
Amariah son of Hezekiah, in the days of King Josiah son of
Amon of Judah" (1:1, NRSV). All that is known of Zephaniah
comes from the text. The superscription of the book is
lengthier than most and contains two features. The n...
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(hidden by Jehovah).
1. The ninth in order of the twelve minor prophets.
His pedigree is traced to his fourth ancestor, Hezekiah, Zep
1:1 supposed to be the celebrated king of that name. The
chief characteristics of this book are the unity and harmony
of the composition, the grace, energy and dignity of its
style, and the rapid and effective ...
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Jehovah has concealed, or Jehovah of darkness. (1.) The son
of
Cushi, and great-grandson of Hezekiah, and the ninth
in the
order of the minor prophets. He prophesied in the
days of
Josiah, king of Judah (B.C. 641-610), and was
contemporary with
Jeremiah, with whom he had much in common. The book
of his
prophecies consists of:
(a) An intr...
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zef-a-ni'-a (tsephanyah, tsephanyahu, "Yah hath treasured"):
(1) The prophet.
See ZEPHANIAH, BOOK OF.
(2) A Levite or priest (1 Ch 6:36 (Hebrew 6:21)), called in
some genealogies "Uriel" (1 Ch 6:24; 15:5,11).
(3) Judean father or fathers of various contemporaries of
Zechariah, the prophet (Zec 6:10,14).
(4) A priest, the second in rank in the day...
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LITERATURE
I. The Author.
1. Name:
The name "Zephaniah" (tsephanyah; Sophonias), which is borne
by three other men mentioned in the Old Testament, means
"Yah hides," or "Yah has hidden" or "treasured." "It
suggests," says G. A. Smith, "the prophet's birth in the
killing time of Manasseh" (2 Ki 21:16).
2. Ancestry:
The ancestry of the prophet is...
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The bulk of the book forms the introduction to the grand
closing consummation under Messiah (Zephaniah 1:2 to 3:8;
Zephaniah 3:9-20).
I. Threat of judgments (Zephaniah 1:2-7). On whom
they shall fall (Zephaniah 1:8-11). Nearness and awfulness
of the day of the Lord, and impossibility of escape
(Zephaniah 1:12-18). Call to the apostate nation...
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("Jehovah hath hidden") (Psalm 27:5; Psalm 83:3).
1. Ninth of the minor prophets; "in the days of
Josiah," between 642 and 611 B.C. "Son of Cushi, the son of
Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah." The
specification of his father, grandfather, and great
grandfather, implies he was sprung from men of note. The
omission of the desig...
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