SwordPlay - S3E4 (ep.67) - Zephaniah 3

  • Given the seemingly different tone of the last chapter of the book, how do we know that Zephaniah is a unified book?
  • How did Jerusalem become oppressive and tyrannical? (v.1)
  • Why would Judah not listen or accept correction from Yahweh? (v.2)
  • Why are princes, judges, prophets, and priests specifically condemned? (v.3-4)
  • Can genuine prophets be terrible people? (v.4)
  • How does Yahweh bring justice to light every morning? (v.5)
  • What does it mean that the unjust knows no shame? (v.5)
  • Why is the destruction of the nations now worded in past tense? (v.6-7)
  • What does it mean that Yahweh will rise up? (v.8)
  • When did Yahweh gather the nations for judgement? (v.8)
  • When did all the peoples call upon the name of Yahweh? (v.9)
  • Who are the scattered ones from Ethiopia? (v.10)
  • What is Yahweh’s holy mountain and how is it relevant to the passage? (v.11)
  • Who is the remnant of Israel and did they really do no wrong? (v.12-13)
  • When did Yahweh take away the judgements against Jerusalem? (v.15)
  • What time period does “in that day” refer to? (v.8, 11, 16)
  • What is the importance of God being in their midst? (v.5, 15, 17)
  • Who are the grieving ones and when does Yahweh gather them together? (v.18)
  • What time period is “at that time” when Jerusalem would be renowned? (v.19-20)

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