Jerusalem on ‘a colt, the foal of a donkey’ (Matt. 21:5). However, even that day was not the major fulfilment of Zechariah’s prophecy, because we know that those cries of ‘Hosanna to the Son of David!’ (Matt. 21:9) were transformed only a few days later into yells of ‘Crucify him!’ (Matt. 27:22). So, the events referred to in Zephaniah 3:14–17 are surely pointing to a day which has still not yet arrived. They refer to that glorious coming day, when ‘the earth will be filled with the knowledge of
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