Zephaniah 1

² a. Lit. make a complete end of, Jer. 8:13

³ b. Idols

³ c. ground

⁴ d. Fulfilled in 2 Kin. 23:4, 5

⁴ e. Heb. chemarim

⁵ f. Or Malcam, an Ammonite god, 1 Kin. 11:5; Jer. 49:1; Molech, Lev. 18:21

⁷ g. Lit. set apart, consecrated

¹¹ h. A market district of Jerusalem, lit. Mortar

¹² i. Lit. on their lees; like the dregs of wine

Zephaniah 2

¹ a. Or shameless

⁶ b. Underground huts or cisterns, lit. excavations

⁷ c. Lit. visit them

⁹ d. Lit. Possessed by nettles

⁹ e. Or permanent ruin

Zephaniah 3

⁴ a. Or profaned

⁵ b. Lit. Morning by morning

⁷ c. They were eager

⁸ d. LXX, Syr. for witness; Tg. for the day of My revelation for judgment; Vg. for the day of My resurrection that is to come

⁹ e. Lit. lip

¹⁵ f. So with Heb. mss., LXX, Bg.; MT, Vg. fear

²⁰ g. Lit. a name