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Zephaniah 3 — Sermon Preparation
After rebuking Jerusalem's corrupt leaders, God promises to gather a humble remnant, quiet them with his love, and rejoice over them with singing. Below is a research summary for Zephaniah 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 19
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Zephaniah 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קֶרֶב | qereb | H7130 | 6 | nearest, center |
| קָבַץ | qâbats | H6908 | 3 | grasp, collect |
| שֵׁם | shêm | H8034 | 4 | appellation, honor |
| בֹּקֶר | bôqer | H1242 | 3 | dawn, morning |
| עֵת | ʻêth | H6256 | 3 | time, now |
| יָרֵא | yârêʼ | H3372 | 3 | fear, revere |
| מִשְׁפָּט | mishpâṭ | H4941 | 3 | verdict, sentence |
How preachers through history handled this text
19 public-domain excerpts on Zephaniah 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“After the promises of taking away sin, follow promises of taking away trouble. When the cause is removed, the effect will cease. What makes a people holy, will make them happy. The precious promises made to the purified people, were to have full accomplishment in the gospel. These verses appear chiefly to relate to the future conversion and restoration of Israel, and the glorious times which are to follow. They show the abundant peace, comfort, and prosperity of the church, in the happy times yet to come. He will save; he will be Jesus; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Zephaniah 3:14–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Zeph 3:1
- Cush 1— Zeph 3:10
- Zion— Zeph 3:14
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