Sofonías 3:6

6 «Yo he aniquilado a muchas naciones
y he devastado las murallas y torres de sus fortalezas.
Las calles ahora están desiertas;
sus ciudades quedan en ruinas silenciosas.
No quedó nadie con vida,
ni siquiera uno.

Sofonías 3:6 Meaning and Commentary

Zephaniah 3:6

I have cut off the nations
Utterly destroyed them, as the Philistines, Moabites, Ethiopians, and Assyrians, as in the preceding chapters; all which were done before the coming of Christ in the flesh; and by which instances the Jews should have took warning, lest by their sins they should provoke the Lord to destroy their nation, city, and temple: their towers are desolate;
built on their frontiers, or on the walls of their cities, to defend them; these were demolished, and laid waste, and of no use: or, "their corners" ^F2; towers being usually built on the angles or corners of walls. Some interpret this of their princes, nobles, and great men, who were destroyed; see ( Zechariah 10:4 ) : I made their streets waste, that none passeth by;
the streets of their cities, the houses being pulled down by the enemy, the rubbish of them lay in the streets, so that there was no passing for any; and indeed, the houses being demolished, the streets were no more in form: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is
none inhabitant;
the houses being burnt with fire, or pulled down, and plundered of the goods and substance in them, and the people cut off by famine, pestilence, or sword; and the rest carried captive, there was scarce a man or inhabitant left; so general was the destruction.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (Mtwnp) "anguli earum", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius, Cocceius, Burkius.

Sofonías 3:6 In-Context

4 Sus profetas son mentirosos y arrogantes, en busca de su propia ganancia.
Sus sacerdotes profanan el templo al desobedecer las instrucciones de Dios.

5 Pero el Señor
todavía está en la ciudad,
y él no hace nada malo.
Día tras día emite justicia,
él nunca falla.
Pero los perversos no conocen la vergüenza.

6 «Yo he aniquilado a muchas naciones
y he devastado las murallas y torres de sus fortalezas.
Las calles ahora están desiertas;
sus ciudades quedan en ruinas silenciosas.
No quedó nadie con vida,
ni siquiera uno.

7 Yo pensé: “¡Seguramente ahora me temerán!
Sin duda, escucharán mis advertencias.
Entonces no necesitaré intervenir otra vez
y destruir sus casas”.
¡Pero no es así! Se levantan temprano
para continuar con sus malas acciones.

8 Por lo tanto, tengan paciencia —dice el Señor
—.
Pronto me levantaré y acusaré a esas naciones malvadas.
Pues he decidido reunir a los reinos de la tierra
y descargar mi más feroz ira y furia sobre ellos.
Toda la tierra será consumida
por el fuego de mi celo.