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John Gill's Exposition on Zephaniah 3:20
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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At that time I will bring you [again], even in the time that I gather you, etc.] That is, at the time that the Lord will gather them in the effectual calling to himself and to his church, he will return them to their own land; and, as soon as the Jews are converted, they will not only be gathered into Christian churches, but will be gathered together in one body, and appoint themselves one head; and will go up out of each of the lands wherein they have been dispersed, and enter into their own land, and possess it; at the same time they are made partakers of the grace of God, they will enjoy all their civil privileges and liberties; (see <280111>Hosea 1:11): for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth; this is repeated from the preceding verse (<360319>Zephaniah 3:19), for the confirmation of it; and in connection with the following clause, to show when it will be: when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord; or “captivities”f125; meaning not the several captivities of the kings of Judah in Babylon, as of Manasseh, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah; but the two fold captivity of this people, literal and spiritual; their present outward exile from their own land, captivity and dispersion among the nations; and their spiritual captivity or bondage, to sin, Satan, the law, and the traditions of their elders; from both which they will be delivered at one and the same time; and which will be notorious and manifest; what their eyes will see with pleasure and admiration; and which may he depended upon will be done, since the Lord has said it, whose purposes, promises, and prophecies, never fail of their accomplishment: he is God omniscient and knows with certainty what will be done; he is God omnipotent, and can and will do whatever he has determined, promised, or said should be done. FOOTNOTES ft1 -- Leviathan, c. 33. ft2 -- Deuteronomy Prophet. Vita & Interitu, c. 19. ft3 -- Deuteronomy Vita & Morte Sanct. c. 48. ft4 -- P. 50. Ed. Hottinger. ft5 -- Onomastic. Sacr. p. 471, 952. ft6 -- Works, vol. 1. p. 117. ft7 -- Chronological Tables, cent. 9. ft8 -- Scripture Chronology, p. 674. ft9 -- Ebr. Concord. Part. p. 122. ft10 -- Onomastic. Sacr. p. 113. ft11 -- Deuteronomy Iside & Osiride. ft12 -- Tishbi, p. 163. Vid. Buxtorf. Lex. Talmud. in voce rmk. ft13 -- hwhyl µy[bçnh “qui jurant Domino”, Drusius; “qui jurant Jehovae”, Cocceius; “jurantes Domino Jehovae”, Burkius. ft14 -- wyarq “vocatos suos”, Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Burkius; “invitatos suos”, Vatablus, Tigurine verson, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius. ft15 -- çydqh “praeparavit”, Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; so Ben Melech; “sanctificavit”, V. L. Montanus, Cocceius, Burkius. ft16 -- çtkmh “mortarii”, Vatablus, Tigurine version; “cavi”, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; “loci concavi”, Calvin. ft17 -- Theatrum Terrae Sanctae, p. 163. ft18 -- Deuteronomy Bello Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 1. ft19 -- hmdn “conticuit”, V. L. “in silentium redactus est”, Drusius. ft20 -- Vid. Misn. Pesachim, c. 1. sect. 1, 4. ft21 -- µyapqh “concreti sunt”, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; “congelati”, Calvin; “coagulatos”, Montanus, Cocceius; “qui concreverunt glaciei, [vel] casei ad instar”, Burkius. ft22 -- twnp “pinnas”, Montanus, Castalio; “angulos”, Junius & Tremellius, Burkius. ft23 -- wççqth “legite paleas vestras”, Gussetius. ççq “proprie est stipulas colligere”, Drusius, Piscator, Tarnovius. ft24 -- T. Bab. Bava Metzia, fol. 107. 2. & Bava B…
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