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ZEPHANIAH, Chapter 3, CONCLUSION

Zephaniah is one of the shortest, most intense, and ultimately magnificent voices in the prophetic corpus.

Only three chapters long, the book delivers a concentrated theology of judgment, grace, and redemption, spannning the seventh century BC to the end of history.

The Prophet and His Lineage

Zephaniah opens with a genealogy unlike any other prophet in Scripture. He traces his ancestry back four generations: the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah. This lineage identifies him as of royal blood, a great-great-grandson of the good king Hezekiah and thus…

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