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God's Presence Is a Standard
The people of Jerusalem boasted that God was "in their midst," thinking His presence guaranteed their safety. Commentators like Calvin and Barnes explain this was a fatal error. God's presence among them meant His perfectly righteous character was a constant, close-up witness against their corruption. His nearness was not a shield for their sin, but a guarantee of judgment against it, as a holy God cannot ignore evil.
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Zephaniah
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Albert Barnes
On Zephaniah 3:5
18th Century
Theologian
But, besides these “evening wolves in the midst of her,” there stands Another “in the midst of her,” whom they did not know, and so, very near to t…
Charles Ellicott
On Zephaniah 3:5–7
19th Century
Bishop
In contrast to this universal corruption, Jehovah daily exemplifies the law of righteousness, yet sinners are not moved to repentance ([Reference Z…
John Calvin
On Zephaniah 3:5
16th Century
Theologian
Here the Prophet throws back at hypocrites what they were accustomed to pretend when they wickedly sought to reject every instruction and all warni…
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John Gill
On Zephaniah 3:5
17th Century
Pastor
The just Lord [is] in the midst thereof
In the midst of the city of Jerusalem, where those princes, judges, prophets…
Matthew Henry
On Zephaniah 3:1–7
17th Century
Minister
The holy God hates sin most in those nearest to him. A sinful state is, and will be, a woeful state. Yet they had the tokens of God's presence and …