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Read: Zeph.1:1-6
1
The 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.
2
I will
utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the
LORD. [I will...:
Heb. By taking away I will make an end - the land: Heb. the
face of the land]
3
I will
consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the
heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks
with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land,
saith the LORD. [stumblingblocks:
or, idols]
4
I will also
stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of
Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the
priests; 5
And
them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and
them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear
by Malcham; [by
the...: or, to the LORD]
6
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that
have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
Ruin is coming, utter ruin;
destruction from the Almighty.
The servants of God all proclaim, There is no peace for the
wicked. The expressions are figurative, speaking every where
desolation; the land shall be left without inhabitants. The
sinners to be consumed are, the professed idolaters, and those
that worship Jehovah and idols, or swear to the Lord, and to
Malcham.
Those that think to divide their
affections and worship between God and idols, will come short of
acceptance with God; for what communion can there be between
light and darkness? If Satan have half, he will have all; if the
Lord have but half, he will have none.
Neglect of God shows impiety and
contempt. May none of us be among those who draw back unto
perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
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