Zephaniah 2:11

"This they will have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of Armies."

Key Reflection

In Zephaniah 2:11, God states that the nations' pride will be their downfall because they mocked and exalted themselves against His people. This verse underscores how arrogance and contempt for divine authority lead to judgment, highlighting the consequences of rebellion against God's chosen ones.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The Lord will be terrible unto -(upon) them that is, upon Moab and Ammon, and yet not in themselves only, but as instances of His just judgment. Whence it follows, “For He will famish all the gods of the earth” (Rup.). Miserable indeed, to whom the Lord is terrible! Whence is this? Is not God by Nature sweet and pleasurable and serene, and an Object of longing? For the Angels ever desire to look into Him, and, in a wonderful and unspeakable way, ever look and ever long to look. For miserable they, whose conscience makes them shrink from the face of Love.

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