Zephaniah 3:1-2 commentary

 

       1: Woe to her that is filthy and polluted [woe] to the oppressing city! 2: She obeyed not the voice She received not correction She trusted not in YHWH She drew not near to her ELOHIM

Comments: Zephaniah 3:1-2 Other gods demand appeasement. Our God, YHWH, wants our trust and loving relationship. Why? Because when we do not give our trust and enter into loving relationship with Him, because of our fallen natures, we often, even without conscious acknowledgment, begin appeasing other gods. The simplest commandments are more easily broken, and we find ourselves being drawn more and more under the influence of the evil one.

 “‘Be angry but do not sin Do not let the sun go down on your wrath nor give foothold to the devil” (Ephesians 4:26–27)

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