Zephaniah 2:1-3:7
Dear RTB’ers,
Yesterday we saw God’s judgment on all humanity, the Day of the Lord, a full and sudden end He will make of all the inhabitants of the earth. (v. 1:18b) We also saw His warnings for Judah, particularly Jerusalem. Today we back off that final day a bit and see judgment against Israel’s enemies – from the north (Assyria, Zeph. 2:13-15), south (Cushites, Zeph. 2:12 and Moab (Zeph. 2:8), east and southeast (Moab, Ammon (Zeph. 2:8-11), and west (the Philistine cities, Zeph. 2:4-7). Judah is again warned in Zeph. 3:1-5.
Today’s reading ends with another warning to either Judah or the nations (or both!), one which, sadly, they will ignore: I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me; you will accept correction. Then your dwelling would not be cut off according to all that I have appointed against you’. But all the more they were eager to make all their deeds corrupt. (v. 3:7)
So, do we hear God’s warnings? Is He warning us today? Yes or no, what is our response to all that we know of Him, to all that He has said to us? He wasn’t joking back then, I don’t think that He is joking today.
Blessings!
Indeed, are we listening?