Guiding Questions: Zephaniah 3

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. In a description of Jerusalem/Judea, what does the prophet observe as to the attitude towards Divinity, the practice of the leadership, the action of the judges, and the conduct of the prophets?
  2. In Zephaniah 3:5, how is God “compared” to the transgressive city?
  3. In Zephaniah 3:6-7 reference is made to the destruction of various nations in the expectation that what lesson would be learned by Jerusalem?
  4. However, instead, what was the conduct of the “pupil”?
  5. According to Zephaniah 3:8-9 is the description of Divinity limited to a power only in Israel or Judea or is it universal?
  6. And, at the appropriate time (Zephaniah 3:11), what will become of the “proud” and the haughty?
  7. Who shall, then, remain (Zephaniah 3:12-13)?
  8. Where that remnant is concerned, how will it conduct itself?
  9. Then, what will be the “relationship” between God and Jerusalem?
  10. The concluding Zephaniah 3:16-20 predict a time for Jerusalem which will have a series of delightful prospects; what are they?

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