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Zephaniah: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

In a world plagued by political corruption and human indifference, the great prophet Zephaniah made an urgent plea for reform and return to faith. Writing during the tumultuous reign of Josiah of Judah (640–609 B.C.E.), Zephaniah witnessed the slow erosion of the Jews’ obedience to Yahweh and their increasing imitation of the ruling Assyrians’ pagan rituals and cult practices. Unable to bear this...

This does not require supplying a preposition but it strikes me as conforming less to the poetic style of the Bible. 17. There are echoes of v. 15, “the Lord is in your midst,” and of v. 14, “gladness and song.” In v. 14 Jerusalem was the one rejoicing; here God rejoices over Jerusalem. For this idea see also Isa 65:19; 62:5; Deut 30:9. Jerusalem is the joy of the whole earth—Isa 65:18; Ps 48:3; Lam 2:15. A warrior who brings victory. Literally, a warrior who saves. God will save Jerusalem. It is
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