Zephaniah 3:15 BSB — MannaFest

Zephaniah 3:15

The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.

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ASV

Jehovah hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the King of Israel, even Jehovah, is in the midst of thee; thou shalt not fear evil any more.

KJV

The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.

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Commentary

4 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON ZEPHANIAH 43 (444)

The spiritual and holy Zion—that is, the church, the holy multitude of the believers—is justified in Christ and only in him. By him and through him we are also saved as we escape from the harm of the invisible enemies, for we have a Mediator who was incarnated in our form, the king of all, that is, the Word of God the Father. Thanks to him, we do not see evil anymore, for we have been delivered from the powers of evil.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Zephaniah (420)

(Verse 14 and following) Praise, daughter of Zion, shout for joy, Israel, rejoice and exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem. The Lord has taken away your judgment, he has turned away your enemies: the Lord, the King of Israel, is in your midst, you will no longer fear evil.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Taken away - Abolished, and put an end to the judgments thy sins brought upon thee. Thine enemy - The Babylonian. Is in the midst - He is returned to redeem and govern thee.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thus the "Redeemer shall come to Zion," and to clear his own way, shall "turn away ungodliness from Jacob." These promises were to have their full accomplishment in gospel-times and gospel-graces. The Depravity of Jerusalem. 1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֵסִ֤יר	he.Sir	he has removed	H5493 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מִשְׁפָּטַ֔יִךְ	mish.pa.Ta.yikh	judgments your	H4941 →
פִּנָּ֖ה	pi.Nah	he has cleared away	H6437 →
אֹֽיְבֵ֑ךְ	'o.ye.Vekh	enemy your	H341 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל׀	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּקִרְבֵּ֔ךְ	be.kir.Bekh	[is] in midst your	H7130 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תִֽירְאִ֥י	tir.'I	you will fear	H3372 →
רָ֖ע	ra'	evil	H7451 →
עֽוֹד׃	od	again	H5750 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 60:18
No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
leads to
- Isaiah 26:1
  In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.
- Isaiah 11:9
  They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
- Zechariah 9:8
  But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with…
Through
Amos 9:15
I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
leads to
- Jeremiah 24:6
  I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
- Ezekiel 37:25
  They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their…
- Isaiah 60:21
  Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
Through
Zephaniah 3:5
The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:4
  He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
Through
Genesis 30:23
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
leads to
- Luke 1:25
  “The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Zephaniah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Zephaniah