📖 The Book of Zephaniah
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The Day of the LORD — total judgment and remnant hope.
Who wrote Zephaniah?
Author
Zephaniah
Written
c. 625 BC
Genre
Prophet
Why Zephaniah was written
Zephaniah announces the coming Day of the LORD as a comprehensive judgment on Judah and the nations, followed by a promise of a purified remnant and a restored, joyful community in God's presence.
Outline of Zephaniah
- 11–2: The Day of the LORD against Judah and the nations
- 23: Jerusalem's corruption; the promise of the purified remnant
Key verses
Zephaniah 1:14-15Zephaniah 3:9Zephaniah 3:17
How Zephaniah points to Christ
Zephaniah 3:17 — 'The LORD your God is in your midst; he will rejoice over you with singing' — is one of the most tender pictures of God's love, fulfilled in Christ who came to dwell among us and who sings praise in the midst of his brothers (Heb. 2:12).
How Zephaniah begins
1The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
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