BibliographyCoke, Thomas. Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. "Commentary on Zephaniah 3:10". "Commentary on Zephaniah 3:10". Go to. 1983-1999. Hence he says, Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia shall be my suppliants: for עתר, otar, means to supplicate; but it means also sometimes to be pacified, or to be propitious; and therefore some take עתרים, otarim, in a passive sense, they who shall be reconciled to God; as though he had said, God will at length be propitious to the miserable exiles, though they have been cast away beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: they shall yet again be God’s people, for he will be reconciled to them. 23. Thus, for those with eyes to see and ears to hear, this passage in Zephaniah is truly a hidden gem. Available in Spanish. The rivers of Ethiopia, probably the Nile and its tributaries, were at the edge of the known world in the prophet"s day (cf. Shall bring mine offering. 1685. If these rivers of Ethiopia are such as ran in the midst of the country, and so point at some parts of it, though on the other side of them, then this prophecy might have its accomplishment, at least when the Evangelist Matthew went thither, and preached the Gospel, and very likely the Apostle Paul; as also when the Ethiopian eunuch was converted, who doubtless did what in him lay to promote the interest of Christ in those parts. Finding the new version too difficult to understand? Joseph Benson's Commentary. 3:1 Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! Zephaniah 3:10, ESV: "From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering." Even the daughter of my dispersed] Jews and Gentiles, elect of both sorts, John 11:52, scattered here and there, as the salt of the earth upon the face thereof, to keep it from putrefying. "Commentary on Zephaniah 3:10". He describes the day of the Lord as coming like a thief, meaning that it will sudden and unexpected (c.f. Thus they: quam recte iudicium sit penes Lectorem. We now then perceive what Zephaniah means in this verse,—that not only the Gentiles would come into the Church of God, but that the Jews also would return to their country, that they might together make one body. The daughter of my dispersed: this explains who the suppliant is; the praying remnant of the scattered Jews, who had gotten into those parts of Arabia that were coasting along the rivers which divided Ethiopia Cusaea from the rest of Arabia. They who understand this of the Gentiles, think that Atharai and Phorisai are proper names. 1871-8. Worth shouting about b. The Hebrew for “Ethiopia” is Cush, which may include not only Ethiopia, but also the region of the Tigris and Babylon, where Nimrod, Cush‘s son (Genesis 10:8-12), founded Nineveh and acquired Babylon, and where the ten tribes are mentioned as being scattered (1 Peter 1:1; 1 Peter 5:13; compare Isaiah 11:11). Revelation 15:4 "Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? 1871-8. "Commentary on Zephaniah 3:10". There can be no doubt, however, that this promise ultimately relates to the time when all Israel shall be saved, Romans 11:26 ; when “the Jews, who are dispersed in the most distant countries, such as was Ethiopia, which lay beyond Egypt, shall come into the Christian Church, and make their religious acknowledgments there.” — Lowth. Zephaniah means " Yahweh has hidden/protected," or "Yahweh hides". (2Pet 3:10) This will be a literal fire and does not fit well with the context, for in Zeph 3:9-20 there will be people who are saved and they will worship Jehovah "from beyond the rivers of the Ethiopia" (Zeph 3:10). From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia Either the African Ethiopia, or Arabia Chusea, which lay between Judea and Egypt: here some particular places and people are mentioned, in whom the preceding prophecy would be fulfilled. Of Chush, that is of Arabia Chusaea, which lay between Judea and Egypt. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bul/zephaniah-3.html. "The Adam Clarke Commentary". (1-4) Jerusalem, the wicked city. The phrase here merely represents homage rendered to Jehovah as paramount. See this in part fulfilled by that Ethiopian eunuch, Acts 8:26-40; neither may we think that he was alone in that country. Either the African Ethiopia, or Arabia Chusea, which lay between Judea and Egypt: here some particular places and people are mentioned, in whom the preceding prophecy would be fulfilled. All other rights reserved. Proud member From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, my scattered people, will bring me offerings I can read this in one of two ways: That God will bring back Israelites who have been scattered beyond the rivers of Cush and bring them back to Jerusalem or to the land where they will again worship him. In the war with Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt, many of the Jews were made captive and carried into Egypt, and from thence were sold into Ethiopia, properly so called. from the distant south, a type of the remotest parts of the world (Zephaniah 2:12).The rivers of Cush (Isaiah 18:1), are the Nile, the Atbara, and their affluents.My suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. Zephaniah means 'Hidden by Yahweh" (pgs. “The daughter of My dispersed.” God is, in the way of Providence, the Father of all, although, by sin, alienated from Him; from where Paul says, “we are the offspring of God” Acts 17:28. So in Malachi 1:11 it is foretold that “in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure minchâh.” In Isaiah 66:20, on the other hand, the Gentiles are represented as bringing the dispersed Jews back to Jerusalem “as a minchâh to Jehovah.” De Wette and others (wrongly, as we believe), give this passage the same force, rendering, “From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia shall men bring my suppliants, even my dispersed people, as my offering.”. "Commentary on Zephaniah 3:10". "George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary". 1801-1803. "Commentary on Zephaniah 3:10". BibliographyJamieson, Robert, D.D. Abilene Christian University Press, Abilene, Texas, USA. "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". BibliographyCoffman, James Burton. My dispersed — The praying remnant of the scattered Jews shall return to their own land, and bring themselves an offering unto the Lord. To see the evidence that I am Itharey see this video. 1599-1645. shall bring mine offering — that is, the offering that is My right. BibliographyConstable, Thomas. Notable people with the name are actually called Zeph which is the alternate form of it/Zephyr. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants [ `. - From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia (Cush); i.e. The Nile comes from Ethiopia, properly so called; and runs through all Egypt, and falls into the sea at that part of Arabia which the Scripture calls Cush or Ethiopia. I prefer, with De Wette and Chaldee Version, making “suppliants” the objective case, not the nominative. And, indeed, almost all the texts for this Sunday speak of joy. "Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable". NET ©: From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, 1 those who pray to me 2 will bring me tribute. The Targum renders it. Zephaniah 3:10. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia] Heb. BibliographyJamieson, Robert, D.D. 10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. --- Offering. John Trapp Complete Commentary. Zephaniah 3 Jerusalem’s Rebellion and Redemption 1 What sorrow awaits rebellious, polluted Jerusalem, the city of violence and crime! From beyond the rivers, &c.— From the borders of the rivers of Ethiopia, those whom I have hitherto dispersed shall become my suppliants, and shall bring me an offering. He describes the very character of all who come to God through Christ. Cyril: “The word of prophecy endeth in truth. A People with the Lord's Joy (Zephaniah 3:14) a. From beyond the rivers of Cush shall be my suppliants; https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/wen/zephaniah-3.html. "Commentary on Zephaniah 3:10". James addressed the whole New Testament Church as "The Twelve Tribes in the Dispersion" (James 1:1, RSV). The word עתרי Itharey is mentioned only once to a person and that person is in Zephaniah 3:10, whom I am. In like manner Ptolemy Philadelphus, as Josephus relates, purchased the liberty of a vast number of the Jews, who were captives, or slaves, in very distant countries. "Woe to her that is filthy, and polluted": Meaning the city of Jerusalem, and its inhabitants. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia — The expression, מעבר, rendered from beyond, may be translated, from the borders of, as it signifies indifferently the hither or further side of a river. The daughter of my dispersed shall bring my offering. BibliographyBeza, Theodore. the daughter of My dispersed: i.e. and Explanation of Zephaniah … In Bible Studies. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hcc/zephaniah-3.html. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/mpc/zephaniah-3.html. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tcc/zephaniah-3.html. "From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.". Used by Permission. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/zephaniah-3.html. Zephaniah 3:10. Now though this prophecy extends to the time of the Gospel, it is yet no wonder, that the Prophet describes the worship of God such as it had been, accompanied with the ceremonies of the Law. Copyright StatementThe New John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Modernised and adapted for the computer by Larry Pierce of Online Bible. (Zephaniah 3: 10) I am no expert on the Bible. For not only through the Roman empire is the Gospel preached, but it circles round the barbarous nations. i. “From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.” 1857. "athar. Spes Israelis, p. 57. ; whereas they are characters which describe persons there, who should have the pure language turned to them, and call on the name of the Lord; even such, who, being made sensible of sin, and of their danger, would be humble supplicants at the throne of grace, and pray to the Lord for the discovery and application of pardoning grace and mercy to them, agreeably to the prophecy in Psalm 68:31 "princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God"; that is, in prayer: and these are the sons and daughters of the Almighty, who are scattered abroad in the several parts of the world, and among the rest here; but as they are gathered together by Christ in redemption, so they are found out and reached by efficacious grace in calling, whether Jews or Gentiles. Bochart thinks that Arabia Chusaer is meant; and that the rivers are Besor, which flows into the Mediterranean; Rhinocorura, which flows into the Lake Sirbonis; Trajanus Amnis, which flows into the Red Sea; and the river Corys. The farthest southern people, with whom the Jews had contact, stand as the type of the whole world beyond. The restoration under Cyrus of the Jews transported under Pharaoh-necho to Egypt and Ethiopia, was an earnest of the future restoration under Christ. 46., and Matthew xvii. 1765. Yet this literally regard's Christ's Church. BibliographyWesley, John. Aethiopic.). Verse 10. "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible". Shall bring mine offering; shall return to their land and bring themselves an offering unto the Lord, which was done when Cyrus, in league with these Ethiopians, procured their favour for the dispersed Jews, that they might return to Jerusalem, meet their captive brethren, and offer a gift to God. Zephaniah 3:10. 10. These then shall again offer to me a gift, that is, they are to be restored to their country, that they may there worship me after their usual manner. "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". "Commentary on Zephaniah 3:10". Instead, it refers to the Jewish people being gathered back to the land of Israel. And accordingly Cyrus, entering into an alliance with the Ethiopians, obtained that the Jews, who were captives among them, should have their liberty restored to them, that so they might return with others to their own country. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfb/zephaniah-3.html. "Commentary on Zephaniah 3:10". BibliographyGill, John. The Nile arises in that country, and runs through Egypt and Arabia, which is often styled Ethiopia or Cush, Isaias xviii. Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem!” (3:14). https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/acc/zephaniah-3.html. The third Sunday of Advent traditionally has a focus on joy. ; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. https://www.insight.org/resources/bible/the-minor-prophets/zephaniah "Even the daughter of my dispersed ..." "This expression often means the scattered people of Israel; but the parallels to Genesis 11 suggest that the scattered and confused peoples of the world are intended here. Our reading from Zephaniah sets the tone: “Sing aloud, O daughter Zion; shout, O Israel! Zephaniah 3:10 "From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, [even] the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering." https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bcc/zephaniah-3.html. Zephaniah is also a male given name. And this promise fits in well with the former verse: for the Prophet spoke, according to what we observed yesterday, of the future calling of the Gentiles; and now he adds, the Jews would come with the Gentiles, that they might unite together, agreeing in the same faith, in the true and pure worship of the only true God. to the oppressing city! England in this view may be the naval power to restore Israel to Palestine (Isaiah 60:9). https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jtc/zephaniah-3.html. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/geb/zephaniah-3.html. "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, To the oppressing city! TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT To get what Zephaniah 3:10 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context  and relative popularity. Occurs in this sense nowhere else. 1. "Commentary on Zephaniah 3:10". From beyond the rivers; the coasts which lie beyond the rivers of India, saith the Chaldee paraphrast, but I doubt whether the captive Jews were carried so far. And there are Churches everywhere, shepherds and teachers, guides and instructors in mysteries, and sacred altars, and the Lamb is invisibly sacrificed by holy priests among Indians too and Ethiopians. Ver. "Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers". "Commentary on Zephaniah 3:10". Metaphysical Bible Interpretation of Zephaniah Chapter 3 Metaphysically Interpreting Zephaniah 3:1-7. BibliographyPoole, Matthew, "Commentary on Zephaniah 3:10". Some understand it of Ethiopia, which is beyond the river Nile, and hath two very great rivers. But in the first place, we cannot find that any nations were so called; and then, if we receive what they say, these were not separate nations, but portions of the Ethiopians; for the Prophet does not state the fact by itself, that Atharai and Phorisai would be the worshipers of God; but after having spoken of Ethiopia, he adds these words: hence we conclude, that the Prophet means this,—that they would return into Judea from the farthest region of the Ethiopians to offer sacrifices to God. A People with the Lord's Security (Zephaniah 3:15-17) a. And this was said plainly by another prophet also, ‹For I am a great King, saith the Lord, and My Name is great among the pagan, and in every place incense is offered to My Name and a pure sacrifice‘ Malachi 1:11.”. Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible. The “dispersed people” are not Jewish exiles, but the Gentile tribes of the dispersion (of Genesis 11:8) which have been hitherto alienated from their Creator by ignorance and vice. of ; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. Zephaniah 2:12). Zep 1:18). Judgment and Glory. "John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible". All Rightes Reserved, Larry Pierce, Winterbourne, Ontario.A printed copy of this work can be ordered from: The Baptist Standard Bearer, 1 Iron Oaks Dr, Paris, AR, 72855. BibliographyBenson, Joseph. My suppliants - He names them as what they shall be when they shall come to Him. The regathering of Israel, described in Zephaniah 3:10-17 is not to be spiritualized to mean people becoming Christians and being gathered into the Church today. The prophet piles on the exhortations … Continue reading "Commentary on Zephaniah 3:14-20" As David calls Him the God of his mercy, because he had found him merciful and gracious, (Psalms 59:17,) so also in this place they think that the Jews are said to be the עתרי, the reconciled of Jehovah, because he would be reconciled to them. To the same purpose is what is added, The daughter of my dispersed; for פוף, puts, means to scatter or to disperse. My dispersed - The Jews, scattered through different parts of the world. The Identity of the 144,000 in the Book of Revelation. They shall come, as needy, to the Fountain of all good, asking for mercy of the unfailing Source of all mercy. 1865-1868. 1870. Thus were the prophecies of bringing them from the east and the west, and from the north and the south, and from beyond the sea, very remarkably fulfilled. This prophecy, therefore, in its primary sense, seems to signify, that the posterity of these, termed here by God the daughter of his dispersed, should bring him an offering, namely, into his temple. Zephaniah 3:9 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Zephaniah 3:9, NIV: "Then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him shoulder to shoulder." Bring mine offering.—The minchâh or bloodless oblation. Shall bring mine offering] Heb. But It means those children of Ethiopia that are dispersed throughout the world bring offering to the Lord Almighty. In Zephaniah 3:10, the prophet proclaims:. 1905. 1832. 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