Sofonías 3:6

6 «Exterminé naciones;quedaron desolados sus bastiones.Dejé sus calles desiertas,y nadie pasa por ellas.Quedaron arrasadas sus ciudades,sin ningún habitante.

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 impertinentes,hombres traicioneros.Sus sacerdotes profanan las cosas santasy violentan la ley.

5 Pero el SEÑOR que está en ella es justo;no comete iniquidad.Cada mañana imparte su justicia,y no deja de hacerlo cada nuevo día,pero el inicuo no conoce la vergüenza.

6 «Exterminé naciones;quedaron desolados sus bastiones.Dejé sus calles desiertas,y nadie pasa por ellas.Quedaron arrasadas sus ciudades,sin ningún habitante.

7 Dije a la ciudad:“¡Ciertamente me temerás;aceptarás corrección!”Entonces no sería destruida su morada,según todo lo que decreté contra ella.A pesar de todo, se empeñaronen corromper todas sus obras.

8 Espérenme, por tanto,hasta el día que me levante a buscar el botín—afirma el SEÑOR—,porque he decidido reunir a las nacionesy juntar a los reinospara derramar sobre ellos mi indignación,toda mi ardiente ira.En el fuego de mi celoserá toda la tierra consumida.