ZEPHANIAH

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ZEPHANIAH

• Judgment against Judah

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Similar Names

• Zedekiah Last king of Judah
• Zechariah Later prophet after the Exile
• Zephaniah Prophet and writer of this book

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Zephaniah 11
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Date of Writing

• In the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah
  (Zephaniah 11).
• A Call for National Repentance.
• Slightly prior to Jeremiah.
• Foretells the Destruction of Nineveh (213).

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Jehoahaz
Jehoiachin
Kings of Judah
Josiah
Jehoiakim
Zedekiah
Jerusalem Temple Destroyed
Zephaniah
Jeremiah
Daniel
Nahum
Ezekiel
Fall of Nineveh
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Zephaniah 12-3
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• Zephaniah

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Reasons for Divine Judgment

• Religious Pluralism (14-5).
• Prayerful Neglect (16).
• Spiritual Stagnation (112).

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Zephaniah 21-3
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Zephaniah 38-10
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Zephaniah 311-12

• 11 In that day you will feel no shame
• Because of all your deeds
• By which you have rebelled against Me
• For then I will remove from your midst
• Your proud, exulting ones,
• And you will never again be haughty
• On My holy mountain.
• 12 But I will leave among you
• A humble and lowly people,
• And they will take refuge in the name of the LORD.

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Zephaniah 314-15

• 14 Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion! Shout in
  triumph, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all
  your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!
• 15 The LORD has taken away His judgments against
  you, He has cleared away your enemies. The King
  of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst You will
  fear disaster no more.

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Zephaniah 319-20

• 19 "Behold, I am going to deal at that time With
  all your oppressors, I will save the lame And
  gather the outcast, And I will turn their shame
  into praise and renown In all the earth.
• 20 "At that time I will bring you in, Even at
  the time when I gather you together Indeed, I
  will give you renown and praise Among all the
  peoples of the earth, When I restore your
  fortunes before your eyes," Says the LORD.

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