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A Call to Patient Hope
Most commentators see this verse as a profound encouragement to the faithful. God is calling His remnant to wait patiently and trustingly through a period of intense global judgment. This waiting is not passive but filled with hope, anticipating the day God will act decisively to deliver His people and execute justice.
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Zephaniah
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Albert Barnes
On Zephaniah 3:8
18th Century
Theologian
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
On Zephaniah 3:8–10
19th Century
Bishop
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
On Zephaniah 3:8
16th Century
Theologian
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 …
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John Gill
On Zephaniah 3:8
17th Century
Pastor
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Matthew Henry
On Zephaniah 3:8–13
17th Century
Minister
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…