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Introduction 1 2 3 Habakkuk Haggai
Zephaniah 2
An exhortation to repentance, ver. 1-3. A denunciation of the
judgments of God against the Philistines, ver. 4-7. The Moabites
and Ammonites, ver. 8-11. The Arabians and Assyrians, ver. 12-
15.
Verse 1. Gather yourselves - Call a solemn assembly, proclaim a fast.
Not desired - Or, not desirous. Unwilling to return, and unworthy
to be received on your return.
Verse 2. The decree - Before God's decree is put in execution. The day -
Before the day of your calamities. As the chaff - Carry you away
as the wind carries chaff away.
Verse 3. Seek - Fear, worship, depend on him alone. Ye meek - Ye
humble ones. Wrought his judgment - Obeyed his precepts. Seek
righteousness - Continue therein. Seek meekness - Patiently wait
on the just and merciful God. Hid - Under the wing of Divine
Providence.
Verse 4. For - It is time to seek God; for your neighbours, as well as
you, shall be destroyed. Gaza - A chief city of the Philistines.
They - The Babylonians. Shall drive - Into captivity. At the noon
day - It shall be taken by force at noon.
Verse 5. The inhabitants - All the Philistines. Cherethites - Or
destroyers, men that were stout, fierce, and terrible to their
neighbours. O Canaan - That part that the Philistines kept by force
from the Jews.
Verse 6. For shepherds - Instead of cities full of rich citizens, there shall
be only cottages for shepherds.
Verse 7. The coast - The sea-coast, the land of the Philistines. The
remnant - That survive the captivity. Shall feed - Their flocks. In
the houses - In places where these formerly stood. They - Both
shepherds and flocks. Shall visit - In mercy.
Verse 8. I - God. Magnified themselves - Invading their frontiers.
Verse 9. Of nettles - Not cultivated, but over-run with nettles. Salt-pits -
A dry, barren earth, fit only to dig salt out of. The residue - That
return out of Babylon. Possess them - Settle upon those parts of
their lands, that are fit for habitation.
Verse 11. Famish - Take away all their sacrifices and drink-offerings.
The gods - Idols of those lands. From his place - Not only at
Jerusalem, but every where.
Verse 12. By my sword - The Chaldeans are called God's sword;
because God employed them.
Verse 13. He - God. The north - Assyria, which lay northward of Judea,
and due north from Babylon.
Verse 14. All the beasts - All sorts of beasts which are found in those
countries. The bittern - A bird that delights in desolate places.
Verse 15. This - So the prophet triumphs over her. There is none - None
like me, or that can contend with me.
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Introduction 1 2 3 Habakkuk Haggai
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