Zephaniah 3:14-20
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and Comparative
Texts:
- Chapter XI of the Epistle of Barnabas. (ca. 130)
- John Calvin's Commentary on Zephaniah.
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "God delights to show his love and great affection toward his Church."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "What makes a people holy, will make them happy."
- From
Wesley's
Notes.
- "While thy carriage is as becomes my presence with thee, thou shalt neither fear, nor feel the like evils."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "Incredible as the event may seem, your own eyes with delight shall see it. You will scarcely believe it for joy, but the testimony of your own eyes shall convince you of the delightful reality."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Zephaniah 3:14-20, Jin H Han, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2018.
- "Rejoice! Here comes a happy prophet."
- "The Song of the Redeemed," Glenn Monson, 2018.
- "This text is purely about what God has done, what God is doing, and what God is about to do. It is a gospel word from beginning to end."
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2018.
- "Zephaniah 3:14-20: Reassembled," Lynn Miller, Art & Faith Matters, celebrating our creative and living God by generating art and architecture resources for congregations and individuals. Art and Faith Matters facebook page contains additional resources.
- Commentary,
Zephaniah 3:14-20, Anne Stewart, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2015.
- "What would happen if God interrupted us?"
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, Scott Hoezee, commentary, textual notes, illustration. 2015.
- "Zephaniah is here to remind us that when it comes right down to it, the salvation we receive—the reunion we will have with God on account of the incarnation, death, and resurrection of God's Son—cannot finally be exaggerated."
- "The Politics of Righteousness," Stephen Dawson, Political Theology Today, 2015.
- "The rejection of the politics of righteousness by American political and religious leaders in favor of the politics of fear brings to mind W.B. Yeats's poem 'The Second Coming.'"
- "Advent as a Gathering In," John C. Holbert, Opening the Old Testament, 2015.
- "We really do need Advent/Christmas this year! We need its joy and its hope, to be sure, but more we need its righteousness that drives out fear. In short, we need old Zephaniah."
- Commentary,
Zephaniah 3:14-20, Melinda Quivik, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2012.
- "This reading from Zephaniah is marked by hope, rejoicing, and reprieve, but it comes from the end of a three-chapter book in which the first two chapters consist of horrific warnings."
- "Hope When Hope is Scarce," John C. Holbert, Opening the Old Testament, 2012.
- "Advent promises the birth to end all births, but the promise of 2,000 years remains only a promise. We all still live in the world of Zephaniah 1-3:7, a world of greed and war and lack of true religious faith and practice."
- "Singing for Joy," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer.
- "Although I know that it one of the things that makes people happy at Christmas is the decorations, I'm not a fan of that. I am, however, a huge fan of the joy of Advent--the joy of looking for the coming of the Lord and for the fulfillment of God’s promised restoration.'"
- Commentary,
Zephaniah 3:14-20, Kathryn Schifferdecker, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2009.
- "This Sunday, we speak of joy, the joy of a people redeemed and restored, but also the joy of a God who is deeply invested in the life of the world."
- Zephaniah 3:14-20, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series C, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
- Expository Notes, Zephaniah 3:14-20, Prof. Stephen L. Cook, Virginia Theological Seminary. Click on links within this introduction.
-
Zephaniah 3:14-20, The Old
Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
- "This passage captures the tension between the hope and conviction we hold in God?s future, and the radical change and re-shaping of our world that is required for this foreseen future to become a present reality."
- Zephaniah 3:14-20, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
-
"Rebels Redeemed," Chris Repp, Sabbatheology, The Crossings
Community, 2009.
- "But while we are bent on self-destruction, and no amount of threatening will change us, God is faithful even when we are not."
-
"Never
Again: Zephaniah 3:15 and the Hope of Divine Judgment,"
The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with
Jesus Foundation.
- "How do you understand God's judgment?"
-
Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion,
Zephaniah 3:14-20, Wesley White. "A place of
conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
- "Learning a 'no fear' response to disaster is one thing and to have disasters removed from our response-ability is quite another."
- "Looking to the City: The Old Testament Lessons for Advent and Christmas (Year C)," Sponheim, Paul R., Word & World, 1994.
-
"The Joy of Forgiveness," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
- "How many times do people have parties only to complain about the company. It's unfortunate that people do not have reconciliation parties and celebrate joy!"
- Commentary,
Zephaniah 3:14-20, Jin H Han, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2018.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Adams, Joanna M., "Toward Home,"
The Christian Century, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Boulton, Elizabeth Myer, "Living by the Word: Luke 3:7-18, Zephaniah 3:14-20," The Christian Century,
2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Dorgan, Margaret, DCM,
"Listen for the Festive Music," The Living Pulpit, 1996. (see
Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Dyrness, William, "Rejoice Anyway,"
The Christian Century, 1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - "Homiletical Helps," Concordia Journal, 2009. (Section on this text begins on page 405)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - O'Driscoll, Herbert,
"Night Music," The Christian Century, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Putt, B. Keith, "Risking Love and the
Divine 'Perhaps': Postmodern Poetics of a Vulnerable God,"
Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sponheim, Paul R., "Looking to the City: The Old Testament Lessons for Advent and Christmas
(Year C)," Word & World, 1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Tsevat Matitiahu,
"Some Biblical Notes," Hebrew Union College Annual, 1952/53.
(Section on translation of Zephaniah 3:17 begins on page 111.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Weise, Robert W., "Homiletical Helps on LW Series B -
Epistles," Concordia Journal, 2007. (Section on this text begins
on p. 417.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Adams, Joanna M., "Toward Home,"
The Christian Century, 2006.
- Sermons:
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Advent 3, 2015, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2012.
- "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," 2015, Union Presbyterian Seminary.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Zephaniah 3:15, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Zephaniah 3:17, Zephaniah 3:17, Heartlight - Free Christian PowerPoint Backgrounds.
- Commercial Sites:
- "Restored Fortune," Zephaniah 3, The Work of the People, Films/Visual Liturgy based on RCL texts.
- Hymns and Music:
- “Sing Out, All God's People!” is an original hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette inspired by Zephaniah’s song of joy, that God is saving, healing and renewing. This hymn was commissioned by The Presbyterian Outlook magazine for new Advent text-related hymns to Christmas carol tunes. Tune: ADESTE FIDELES (“O Come, All Ye Faithful”).
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- "Sing, Zion's Daughter," hymn based on Zephaniah 3:14-20, Taylor Burton-Edwards, tune: MORNING SONG. United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
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- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Zephaniah
