"You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword." Sermons
I. THE DESTRUCTION OF IDOLATRY. What is idolatry? It is the giving of our supreme affection to creature objects. It is not confined to the worship of heathen deities, which are for the most part the productions of human invention and art. The spirit of idolatry often exists where heathen idolatry is denounced. Whatever objects a man loves most is his god. In our England and throughout Christendom there are gods many, although they have no recognized temple. Wealth is a mighty god, power is a mighty idol, pleasure is a mighty idol, fame is a mighty idol. Before these idols the vast majority of the civilized world prostrate their souls in the ardour of devotion. The destruction of idolatry, therefore, does not mean the beating to dust or the consuming to ashes the idols that fill the temples of heathendom, but means the withdrawal of man's supreme love from every object short of God. You may bum up all heathen temples, and leave idolatry as rampant as ever. To "famish all the gods of the earth" is to draw man's supreme sympathy from all things except God. This is the great moral famine that is to be desired, to be prayed for and struggled after. The other good thing in the future of our world is - II. THE ADVANCEMENT OF TRUE WORSHIP. "And men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen." Observe: 1. The object of true worship. "Men shall worship him," that is, Jehovah. Him, not it - not the universe, but the infinite Personality that created it, the Fountain of all existence, all energy, all love, all blessedness. Him - the Creator of the material, the Father of the spiritual. 2. The scene of true worship. "Every one from his place." Wherever he is. The worshipper need not go to any particular scene - no temple, chapel, or cathedral. "From his place." It may be in solitude or in society, on the mountain brow or the seashore. "Neither in this mountain" nor on that mountain, but everywhere, "God is a Spirit." 3. The extent of true worship. "Even all the isles of the heathen." CONCLUSION. What a glorious future awaits the world! How blessed will those ages be when every man of every tribe and clime shall have his heart centred in supreme love upon the one great Father of all! - D.T.
And men shall worship Him. Homilist. I. THE DESTRUCTION OF IDOLATRY. You may burn up all heathen temples and leave idolatry as rampant as ever.II. THE ADVANCEMENT OF TRUE WORSHIP. "And men shall worship Him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen." Observe — 1. The object of true worship. "Men shall worship Him," — that is, Jehovah. Him, not it — not the universe, but the Infinite Personality that created it. 2. The scene of true worship. "Every one from his place." Wherever he is. He need not go to any particular scene — to temple, chapel, or cathedral. 3. The extent of true worship. "Even all the isles of the heathen." What a glorious future awaits this world! (Homilist.) People Ammonites, Cherethites, Cushites, Ethiopians, ZephaniahPlaces Ashdod, Ashkelon, Assyria, Canaan, Ekron, Gaza, Gomorrah, Jerusalem, Moab, Nineveh, SodomTopics Cushim, Cushites, Death, Ethiopians, Killed, O, Pierced, Slain, SwordOutline 1. An exhortation to repentance.4. The judgment of the Philistines, 8. of Moab and Ammon, 12. of Ethiopia, 13. and of Assyria. Dictionary of Bible Themes Zephaniah 2:11-12Library Caesarea. Strato's Tower. The Arabian interpreter thinks the first name of this city was Hazor, Joshua 11:1. The Jews, Ekron, Zephaniah 2:4. "R. Abhu saith," (he was of Caesarea,) "Ekron shall be rooted out"; this is Caesarea, the daughter of Edom, which is situated among things profane. She was a goad, sticking in Israel, in the days of the Grecians. But when the kingdom of the Asmonean family prevailed, it overcame her, &c. R. Josi Bar Chaninah saith, What is that that is written, 'And Ekron shall be as a Jebusite?' (Zech … John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica The Indwelling and Outgoing Works of God. Of the Decrees of God. Links Zephaniah 2:12 NIVZephaniah 2:12 NLT Zephaniah 2:12 ESV Zephaniah 2:12 NASB Zephaniah 2:12 KJV Zephaniah 2:12 Bible Apps Zephaniah 2:12 Parallel Zephaniah 2:12 Biblia Paralela Zephaniah 2:12 Chinese Bible Zephaniah 2:12 French Bible Zephaniah 2:12 German Bible Zephaniah 2:12 Commentaries Bible Hub |