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Zephaniah 2 · Grade 5

No One Besides Me?

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Zephaniah 2 begins with urgency. Gather yourselves together, you nation that has no shame, before the day passes like chaff. Then the prophet speaks to a smaller group, the humble of the land who have kept God's ordinances. Seek Yahweh. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh's anger. Zephaniah's call is not to panic but to seek God.

The prophet then surveys the nations around Judah in every direction: Philistia to the west, Moab and Ammon to the east, Cush to the south, and Assyria to the north. The common thread is pride. Moab and Ammon reproached God's people and magnified themselves; this they will have for their pride. God shows that he rules over all nations, not only Israel.

Hope weaves through the warnings. The coast once held by Philistia will become pasture for the remnant of Judah, for Yahweh their God will visit them. Verse 11 looks even further: men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations. The chapter ends with Nineveh, the joyous city that lived carelessly and said in her heart, I am, and there is no one besides me. Proud self-sufficiency is the opposite of the humility Zephaniah urged at the start.

Show What You Know

  1. Whom does Zephaniah address with the call to seek in verse 3?

  2. What sin ties together the nations in this chapter?

  3. How does verse 11 show God's plan reaches beyond Judah?

  4. How does Nineveh's boast contrast with verse 3?

Crossword

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Across

  1. With cottages for ____ and folds for flocks.
  2. Seek righteousness. Seek ____.
  3. With cottages for shepherds and folds for ____.

Down

  1. All you ____ of the land.
  2. ____ Yahweh, all you humble of the land.

Think About It

  1. Zephaniah begins with seek humility and ends with a city saying there is no one besides me. Which way of thinking shows up in your heart?

  2. Verse 11 says people from every place will worship God. How can you pray for people in other nations?

Memory Verse

“Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh’s anger.”

Zephaniah 2:3 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing those who seek you. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who do you depend on, and how can you thank them?
  • How could you learn about Christians in another country?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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