Zephaniah 2

Zephaniah 2:5

Able to deliver - What he doubted of, we are sure of, that the servants of the living God, have a master who is able to deliver them and bear them out in his service.

Zephaniah 2:7

His angel - The same that was with the three children in the fiery furnace, whose presence made even the lion’s den a strong - hold, his palace, his paradise. See the power of God over the fiercest creatures! See the care God takes of his faithful servants, especially when they are called to suffer for him! See how ready the angels are to minister to the heirs of salvation!

Zephaniah 2:10

In all the earth - In all that great empire. It is usual with the Turk, Tartar, Chinese, to arrogate the same universality.

Zephaniah 2:15

In the first year of Belshazzar - This prophecy is written in Chaldee, to be a monument to him, of the reverence his father and grandfather shewed towards God, who had done such mighty works for them. Then he wrote - These visions were recorded for the benefit of the church, to rectify their mistake: for they thought all things would succeed prosperously after they returned out of their captivity.