ZEPHANIAH

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Updated 01/2024

CHAPTER 1

1. Zephaniah prophesied in the days of Josiah, king of Judah.
2. The pagan priests worshiped other gods but did not know the one true God. The idolatrous priests worshiped other gods but knew the one true God.
3. God has prepared a sacrifice of Jerusalem and Judah. He will punish all from the royal family, the idolater, to the complacent.
4. We no longer fear Him. We feel that even though God may withhold blessings and goodness from us, He will not do us any harm.

CHAPTER 2

1. God also planned punishment for the nations around Israel, for those who influenced them into sin or harmed them in some way.
2. Because of their reproach, insults, pride, and arrogant threats against God’s people the nations would be punished.

CHAPTER 3

1. Jerusalem was rebellious and polluted. She has not obeyed God’s voice, she has not received correction; she has not trusted in the LORD, she has not drawn near to her God. Her priests have polluted the sanctuary; they have done violence to the law.
2. The unjust knew no shame even before the righteousness of God.
3. God will remove the transgressors and the haughty leaving only the meek and the humble. (Remove the cause and the effect will cease.)