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Zephaniah 3:6

King James Version (KJV)

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Zephaniah 3:6

Verse 6 of 20

Scripture focus

I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

Zephaniah 3:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zephaniah 3:6

Theological / Devotional

Cut off. The transgressors well knew that in the past the Lord had “cut off” wicked nations, such as the Canaanites, when the Israelites possessed the Land of Promise, and also the northern kingdom of Israel, destroyed by Assyria. So Judah, along with other nations, was here warned of God’s retributive punishment for sin.

None inhabitant. This somewhat figurative prophecy was fulfilled during the final siege of Jerusalem, even before the city fell (see on Jer. 32:43). The figurative language employed simply meant that Judah would become desolate.

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