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Zephaniah 2:3

Zephaniah 2:3
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth Or "of the land", of the land of Judea. In this time of great apostasy, there was a remnant according to the election of grace, whom the Lord reserved for…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Seek ye the Lord - He had exhorted sinners to penitence; he now calls the righteous to persevere and increase more and more. He bids them “seek diligently” , and that with a three-fold call, to seek…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Ye meek of the earth - ענוי anavey, ye oppressed and humbled of the land.

It may be ye shall be hid - The sword has not a commission against you. Ask God, and he will be a refuge to you from the storm…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Zephaniah 2:1-3

Here we see what the prophet meant in that terrible description of the approaching judgments which we had in the foregoing chapter. From first to last his design was, not to drive the people to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

all ye meek of the earth Though the exhortation to seek the Lord (Amo 5:6; Isa 55:6) be addressed specially to the prophet's own people of Judah, there is no necessity for rendering, meek of the land.…