“I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.”
I have cut off nations; their battlements are in ruins; I have laid waste their streets so that no one walks in them; their cities have been destroyed, so that there is no man, no inhabitant—the recitation of past destructions emphasizes that God has a track record of judgment; other nations have experienced destruction for covenant violation. The desolation of cities and streets depicts the totality of past judgments. This summary of divine judgment-history establishes Jerusalem as warned.
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Michael van BergNote1mo agoLessons in obedience - Zephaniah 3
Faith isn't the absence of doubt - it's choosing to believe despite it. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance.
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God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance.
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