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- proper noun biblical A book of the
Old Testament and theHebrew Tanakh . - proper noun A male
given name .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Hebrew minor prophet of the late 7th century BC
- noun an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judah
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The chattering classes love to read the new Zadie Smith or hear Benjamin Zephaniah discussing his new book, "Gangsta Rap".
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The chattering classes love to read the new Zadie Smith or hear Benjamin Zephaniah discussing his new book, "Gangsta Rap".
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Zephaniah is not mentioned here as in Jer 21: 1, but is so in Jer 37: 3.
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Zephaniah is advanced, sooner than he expected, to this place of trust and power, and Shemaiah would have him think that Providence had preferred him that he might persecute God's prophets, that he had come to this government for such a time as this, and that he was unjust and ungrateful if he did not thus improve his power, or, rather, abuse it.
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Jehoiada, that great reformer in the days of Joash; and (says Mr. Gataker) he would insinuate that this Zephaniah is for spirit and zeal such another as he, and raised up, as he was, for the glory of God and the good of the church; and therefore it was expected from him that he should proceed against Jeremiah.
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Zephaniah. (3 pages) The coming judgment on Judah and on Israel's enemies.
1-line descriptions of the 73 books of the Bible (extracted from Wikipedia)
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OT: Zephaniah – 0 references posted by Jonathan at
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OT: Zephaniah – 0 references posted by Jonathan at
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But Lagrange points out that the Jews did not believe that they offered their children to Jahveh, when they sacrificed them to Malik … Jeremiah 32: 35, and Zephaniah 1: 5, distinguish between Malik and the Hebrew God.
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Zephaniah Swift, A system of the laws of the state of Connecticut: in six books, Volumes 1 – 2 of A System of the Laws of the State of Connecticut: In Six Book, pg.
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