Zephaniah

Zep 2:8 "I have heard the taunting of Moab And the revilings of the sons of Ammon, With which they have taunted My people And become arrogant against their territory. Jeremiah also spoke of the arrogance and ensuing judgment of Moab Jer 48:27-33) and Ammon Jer 49:1 Zep 2:9 "Therefore, as I live," declares the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, "Surely Moab will be like Sodom, And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah-- A place possessed by nettles and salt pits, And a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them, And the remainder of My nation will inherit them." Zep 2:10 This they will have in return for their pride, because they have taunted and become arrogant against the people of the LORD of hosts. The Moabites were later absorbed by the Arabians: "Decline and Fall Sometime during the Persian period Moab disappears from the extant historical record. Its territory was subsequently overrun by waves of tribes from northern Arabia, including the Kedarites and (later) the Nabataeans. In Nehemiah iv. 7 the Arabs instead of the Moabites are the allies of the Ammonites.[26] Their country, however, continued to be known by its biblical name for some time; when the Crusaders occupied the area, the castle they built to defend the eastern part of the Kingdom of Jerusalem was called Krak des Moabites." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moab The Ammonites were eventually also a part of Arabia. River Valley Torah Assembly rvta60@gmail.com

Zep 1:14 Near is the great day of the LORD, Near and coming very quickly; Listen, the day of the LORD! In it the warrior cries out bitterly. The "great day of Yahweh" spoken of here is the day of His wrath against Judah. Zephaniah does not speak of Babylon in particular as the agent of Elohim's wrath, but Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk name Babylon. Zep 1:15 A day of wrath is that day, A day of trouble and distress, A day of destruction and desolation, A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness, Zep 1:16 A day of trumpet and battle cry, Against the fortified cities And the high corner towers. Zep 1:17 And I will bring distress on men, So that they will walk like the blind, Because they have sinned against the LORD; And their blood will be poured out like dust, And their flesh like dung. Zep 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold Will be able to deliver them On the day of the LORD'S wrath; And all the earth will be devoured In the fire of His jealousy, For He will make a complete end, Indeed a terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth. These things were prophesied in Torah (Deut. 29:27-29). River Valley Torah Assembly rvta60@gmail.com