Zephaniah 2:1

Be ashamed within yourselves, be ashamed,

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Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;

In Context

2before you become as the drifting chaff, before the anger of the Lord comes upon you, before the day of the Lord’s wrath comes upon you.

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Cross References

Esther 4:16“Go, gather all the Jews in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat nor drink anything for three days and nights. My maids and I will fast as well. Then I will go in to the king, although it is contrary to the law, and if I die, I die.”

Joel 2:12But now this is the message of the Lord: Turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting and weeping and mourning,

Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 2:1

In this chapter we have, I. An earnest exhortation to the nation of the Jews to repent and make their peace with God, and so to prevent the judgments threatened before it was too late ( ver. 1-3 ), and this inferred from the revelation of God's wrath against them in the foregoing chapter. II. A denunciation of the judgments of God against several of the neighbouring nations that had assisted, or rejoiced in, the calamity of Israel. 1. The Philistines, ver. 4-7 . 2. The Moabites and Ammonites, ver. 8-11 . 3. The… Read the whole commentary →

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