Xīfānyǎshū 3:6

6 Wǒ Yēhéhuá yǐjing chúmiĕ liè guó de mín . tāmende chéng lóu huǐhuaì . wǒ shǐ tāmende jiēdào huāngliáng , yǐzhì wú rén jīngguò . tāmende chéngyì huǐmiè , yǐzhì wú rén , yĕ wú jūmín .

Xīfānyǎshū 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.

Xīfānyǎshū 3:6 In-Context

4 Tāde xiānzhī shì xūfú guǐzhà de rén . tāde jìsī xièdú shèng suǒ , jiàng jiĕ lǜfǎ .

5 Yēhéhuá zaì tā zhōngjiān shì gōngyì de , duàn bù zuò fēi yì de shì , mĕi zǎochen xiǎnmíng tāde gōngyì , wú rì bù rán . zhǐshì bù yì de rén bù zhī xiūchǐ .

6 Wǒ Yēhéhuá yǐjing chúmiĕ liè guó de mín . tāmende chéng lóu huǐhuaì . wǒ shǐ tāmende jiēdào huāngliáng , yǐzhì wú rén jīngguò . tāmende chéngyì huǐmiè , yǐzhì wú rén , yĕ wú jūmín .

7 Wǒ shuō , nǐ zhǐyào jìngwèi wǒ , lǐngshòu xùn huì . rúcǐ , nǐde zhù chù , bù zhì zhào wǒ suǒ nǐ déng de chúmiĕ . zhǐshì nǐmen cóng zǎo qǐlai , jiù zaì yīqiè shì shang baìhuaì zìjǐ .

8 Yēhéhuá shuō , nǐmen yào dĕnghòu wǒ , zhídào wǒ xīngqǐ lǔlǜe de rìzi , yīnwei wǒ yǐ déng yì zhāo jù liè guó , jùjí liè bāng , jiāng wǒde nǎonù , jiù shì wǒde liè nù , dōu qīng zaì tāmen shēnshang . wǒde fèn nù rú huǒ , bì shāo miè quán dì .