Zephaniah 3:17

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15 The Lord has taken away your judgments,
He has cast out your enemy.
^aThe King of Israel, the Lord, ^bis in your midst;
You shall¹ see disaster no more.

16 In that day ^ait shall be said to Jerusalem:
“Do not fear;
Zion, ^blet not your hands be weak.

17 The Lord your God ^ain your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
^bHe will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.”

18 “I will gather those who ^asorrow over the appointed assembly,
Who are among you,
To whom its reproach is a burden.

19 Behold, at that time
I will deal with all who afflict you;
I will save the ^alame,
And gather those who were driven out;
I will appoint them for praise and fame
In every land where they were put to shame.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord thy God - Yehovah Eloheycha , "The self-existent and eternal Being, who is in covenant with you;" the character of God in reference to the Jews when standing in the nearest relation to them.

Is mighty - gibbor , is the prevailing One, the all-conquering Hero. The character which is given to Christ, Isaiah 9:6 : "His name shall be called El gibbor , the prevailing Almighty God."

He will save - Deliver thee from all the power from all the guilt, and from all the pollution of thy sins; and when thus saved "he will rejoice over thee with joy," with peculiar gladness. "He will rest in his love," - he will renew his love. He will show the same love to you that he did of old to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

He will joy over thee with singing - The conversion of the Jews will be a subject of peculiar delight and exultation to God himself! There will be a more than ordinary joy in heaven, when the Jews return to God through Christ. This event cannot be at a great distance; they are as wretched and as ungodly as they can well be. The arms of Christians are open to receive them; and all things are now ready!

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