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Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations.
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Starving the False Gods
Commentators explain that to "famish all the gods of the earth" is a vivid metaphor. It means God will cause idol worship to wither away by cutting off its source of "food"—the sacrifices and devotion of its followers. Scholars see this prophecy fulfilled as the Gospel spread, turning people from idols to the one true God and leaving pagan temples desolate.
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Zephaniah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Lord will be terrible to—(upon) them, that is, upon Moab and Ammon, and yet not for them alone, but as instances of His just ju…
19th Century
Anglican
Jehovah’s chastisement of foreign powers. These Divine visitations are introduced somewhat abruptly. The connection is perhaps that they are intend…
16th Century
Protestant
He proceeds with the same subject: that God would show his power in aiding his people. But he calls him a terrible God, who had for a time…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord [will be] terrible to them To the Moabites and Ammonites in the execution of his judgments upon them, and m…
Those are truly in a woeful condition who have the word of the Lord against them, for no word of His will fall to the ground. God will restore His …
