Notes for Zephaniah
Zephaniah 1
1 1:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
2 1:5 Hebrew Malkam
qver 14; Isa 13:6; S Eze 7:19; S Joel 3:14; S Am 5:18–20
3 1:9 See 1 Samuel 5:5.
4 1:11 Or the Mortar
5 1:11 Or in
gDt 28:30, 39; La 5:2; S Am 5:11
kS Isa 22:5; Joel 2:2; Mk 13:24–25
mS Dt 28:52; S Isa 2:15; S Joel 2:1
Zephaniah 2
jS Ge 10:19; S Am 1:6, 7–8; Zec 9:5–7
qS Dt 30:3; Ps 126:4; Jer 32:44; S Hos 6:11; S Joel 3:1; Am 1:6–8
1 2:7 Or will bring back their captives
wS Dt 23:6; Isa 15:1–16:14; Jer 48:1–47; Eze 25:8–11
xDt 29:23; Isa 13:19; Jer 49:18
2 2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region
Zephaniah 3
kS Ps 25:3; S Isa 48:8; Jer 3:20; 9:4; Mal 2:10
1 3:7 Or her sanctuary
2 3:7 Or all those I appointed over
3 3:8 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew will rise up to plunder
fS Isa 29:22; S Joel 2:26–27
4 3:10 That is, the upper Nile region
qS Lev 26:6; S Eze 34:25–28
sS Ps 95:1; Isa 12:6; Zec 2:10
xS 2Ki 19:26; S Job 4:3; Isa 35:3–4; Heb 12:12
5 3:20 Or I bring back your captives