Zephaniah
Introduction

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Interpretation
Good Stuff

Intolerance in Zephaniah

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

2. God will punish the princes, the king's children, the merchant people, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel, leap on the threshold, or bear silver. 1:8-11

3. God doesn't have good night-vision, so he needs candles when he comes to rob people of their houses, goods, and wine. 1:12-13

4. 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." 1:17-18

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

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

7. "And men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen." 2:11

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