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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Zephaniah 2:1 - 2:1
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Zep 2:1-15. Exhortation to repent before the Chaldean invaders come. Doom of Judah’s foes, the Philistines, Moab, Ammon, with their idols, and Ethiopia and Assyria.
Gather yourselves - to a religious assembly, to avert the judgment by prayers (Joe 2:16) [Grotius]. Or, so as not to be dissipated “as chaff” (Zep 2:2). The Hebrew is akin to a root meaning “chaff.” Self-confidence and corrupt desires are the dissipation from which they are exhorted to gather themselves [Calvin]. The foe otherwise, like the wind, will scatter you “as the chaff.” Repentance is the gathering of themselves meant.
nation not desired - (Compare 2Ch 21:20), that is, not desirable; unworthy of the grace or favor of God; and yet God so magnifies that grace as to be still solicitous for their safety, though they had destroyed themselves and forfeited all claims on His grace [Calvin]. The Margin from Chaldee Version has, “not desirous,” namely of returning to God. Maurer and Gesenius translate, “Not waxing pale,” that is, dead to shame. English Version is best.