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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