“Therefore wait for Me,” says the Lord, “Until the day I rise up for plunder; My determination is to gather the nations To My assembly of kingdoms, To pour on them My indignation, All My fierce anger; All the earth shall be devoured With the fire of My jealousy.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Therefore wait you upon Me (the "upon Me" signifying "for Me"): God so wills not to punish, but rather that all should lay hold of His mercy…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

This is an enlargement of the consolation addressed to the meek of the earth in Zephaniah 2:3, and of the prediction of Zephaniah 2:11. Th…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

God here declares that the final end was near, since He had found by experience that He accomplished nothing by long forbearance, and since He had …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord
Or "nevertheless" F6 : this is said to the disciples and follow…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The preaching of the gospel is predicted, when vengeance would be executed on the Jewish nation. The purifying doctrines of the gospel, or the pure…