Zephaniah 3:1

Woe to her that is filthy, and polluted Meaning the city of Jerusalem, and its inhabitants; not as before the Babylonish captivity, but after their return from it, under the second temple, as…

The “woe,” having gone round the pagan nations, again circles round where it began, the “Jerusalem that killed the prophets and stoned those that were sent unto her” Mat 23:37. Woe upon her, and joy…

Wo to her that is filthy - This is a denunciation of Divine judgment against Jerusalem.

One would wonder that Jerusalem, the holy city, where God was known, and his name was great, should be the city of which this black character is here given, that a place which enjoyed such abundance…

Zep 3:1-8. Renewed threat against Jerusalem in particular

Ch. 3 returns to Jerusalem. The city is reproached as rebellious, polluted, and full of oppression (Zep 3:3); disobedient to God and…