Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
famish—bring low by taking from the idols their former fame; as beasts are famished by their food being withheld. Also by destroying the kingdoms under the tutelage of idols (Psalms 96:4; Isaiah 46:1).
gods of the earth—who have their existence only on earth, not in heaven as the true God.
every one from his place—each in his own Gentile home, taught by the Jews in the true religion: not in Jerusalem alone shall men worship God, but everywhere (Psalms 68:29-30; Malachi 1:11; John 4:21; I Corinthians 1:2; I Timothy 2:8). It does not mean, as in Isaiah 2:2; Micah 4:1-2; Zechariah 8:22; Zechariah 14:16 that they shall come from their several places to Jerusalem to worship [MAURER].
all . . . isles of . . . heathen—that is, all the maritime regions, especially the west, now being fulfilled in the gathering in of the Gentiles to Messiah.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Zephaniah 2:11:
Zephaniah 2:1
Revelation 19:20
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