Forgotten Books of The Bible: Zephaniah Part 1 - This is a Book in the Bible?

<p>How forgotten is the book of Zephaniah? Who is Zephaniah and when was Zephaniah a prophet? Listen as Your Church Friends dive deep into the Forgotten Book of Zephaniah and unpack all these questions.</p> <p> </p> <p>Breakdown of the Forgotten Book of Zephaniah:</p> <ul><li>Judgment against Judah (Zephaniah 1:1-2:3)</li> <li>Judgment against the nations (Zephaniah 2:4-15)</li> <li>The future of Jerusalem (Zephaniah 3:1-20)</li> </ul> <p>Zephaniah & The Bible:</p> <p>1:2 “I will utterly sweep”—cf. Jer 8:13.</p> <p>1:3 “I will sweep away humans and animals … the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea”—cf. Hos 4:3.</p> <p>1:7 “Hush before the Lord”—cf. Hab 2:20.</p> <p>1:7 “The Lord has prepared a sacrifice”—cf. Isa 34:6; Jer 46:10.</p> <p>1:9 “Fill their master’s house with lawlessness”—cf. Amos 3:10.</p> <p>1:12 “Congealing on their dregs”—cf. Jer 48:11.</p> <p>1:13 “They shall build houses but not inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards but not drink their wine”—cf. Deut 28:30; Amos 5:11; Jer 29:5–7 and passim.</p> <p>1:15 “A day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dense fog”—cf. Joel 2:2.</p> <p>1:18 “Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the wrath of the Lord”—cf. Ezek 7:19.</p> <p>2:2 “Fleeting like chaff”—cf. Isa 17:13–14.</p> <p>2:3 “Seek righteousness, seek humility”—cf. Mic 6:8.</p> <p>2:8, 10 “I have heard the taunts of Moab … This is what they get for their pride”—cf. Jer 48:29.</p> <p>2:9 “Moab shall be like Sodom … a permanent wasteland”—cf. Jer 49:18.</p> <p>2:14 “In it herds shall lie down, every nation’s beasts. Both the jackdaw and the owl shall roost on its capitals, a voice shall shriek from the window”—cf. Isa 13:21–22; 34:13–15.</p> <p>2:15 “This is the joyful city, dwelling secure, telling itself”—cf. Isa 23:7; 47:8.</p> <p>2:15 “Anyone who passes by hisses, shakes his hand”—cf. 1 Kgs 9:8; Jer 19:8; 49:17; 50:13.</p> <p>3:3 “Wolves of the evening”—cf. Hab 1:8.</p> <p>3:4 “Profane the holy, corrupt the teaching”—cf. Ezek 22:26.</p> <p>3:10 “From