Passage Research
Zephaniah 2 — Sermon Preparation
Judgment sweeps through Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Ethiopia, and Assyria, with a promise that a remnant of Israel will possess their lands. Below is a research summary for Zephaniah 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 15
- verses
- 222 / 138
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 12
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Zephaniah 2 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גּוֹי | gôwy | H1471 | 5 | nation, a Gentile |
| שְׁמָמָה | shᵉmâmâh | H8077 | 3 | devastation, astonishment |
| חֶבֶל | chebel | H2256 | 3 | rope, line |
| בָּקַשׁ | bâqash | H1245 | 3 | search, strive after |
| קָשַׁשׁ | qâshash | H7197 | 2 | forage for straw, stubble |
| אַשְׁקְלוֹן | ʼAshqᵉlôwn | H831 | 2 | Ashkelon |
| חַי | chay | H2416 | 3 | alive, raw |
How preachers through history handled this text
12 public-domain excerpts on Zephaniah 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Those are really in a woful condition who have the word of the Lord against them, for no word of his shall fall to the ground. God will restore his people to their rights, though long kept from them. It has been the common lot of God's people, in all ages, to be reproached and reviled. God shall be worshipped, not only by all Israel, and the strangers who join them, but by the heathen. Remote nations must be reckoned with for the wrongs done to God's people. The sufferings of the insolent and haughty in prosperity, are unpitied and unlamented. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Zephaniah 2:4–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Assyria— Zeph 2:13
- Nineveh— Zeph 2:13
- Ashdod— Zeph 2:4
- Ashkelon— Zeph 2:4
- Ekron— Zeph 2:4
- Gaza— Zeph 2:4
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