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Selected Verse: Zephaniah 3:16 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Zep 3:16 |
King James |
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Let not thine hands be slack-- (Heb 12:12). Do not faint in the work of the Lord. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not - For "perfect love casteth out fear" Joh 4:18; from where he saith, "Fear not, little flock; it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom" Luk 12:32. Who then and what should the Church or the faithful soul fear, since "mightier is He that is in her, than he that is in the world? And to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack," through faint-heartedness (see Heb 12:12), but work with all thy might; be ready to do or bear anything; since Christ worketh with, in, by thee, and "in due time we shall reap, if we faint not" Gal 6:9. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Fear thou not - Thou shalt have no more captivities nor national afflictions.
Let not thine hands be slack - This may refer, first, to the rebuilding of the temple of God, after the return from Babylon; and, secondly, to their diligence and zeal in the Christian Church. |
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.