Zephaniah
Introduction

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Injustice
Cruelty and Violence
Intolerance
Absurdities
Prophecy
Language
Contradictions
Women
Family Values
Interpretation
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Injustice in Zephaniah

  1. God plans to kill every living thing. 1:2-3

  2. God will "cut off" all those who "have not sought the Lord" or who worship another god. 1:4-6

  3. God "will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel" or "leap on the threshold." 1:8-9

  4. God doesn't have night-vision, so he needs candles when he comes to punish the people that say, "The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil." 1:12

  5. God will "bring distress upon men" so that they "walk like blind men." He will pour out their blood like dust and "their flesh as dung." 1:17

  6. God will kill all the inhabitants of the sea coast. 2:5

  7. God will destroy Moab and Ammon just like he did to Sodom and Gomorrah. 2:9

  8. God will kill the Ethiopians with his own sword. 2:12

  9. God destroyed entire cities, killing all the inhabitants. 3:6

  10. "All of the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy." 3:8