Matthew Poole and continuators on Zephaniah 2:11

11 The LORD will be terrible unto them : for he will famish all the gods of the earth , and men shall worship him , every one from his place , even all the isles of the heathen .

Or, The Lord who is to be feared is against or above them, and will make it appear that he is terrible in his doings.

Moabites and Ammonites and their Gods, of whom they gloried.

Starve; though now their Altars are filled with Sacrifices, and their bowles run over, as if they designed to make their Gods fat, but they shall want their Sacrifices and Drink-offerings, these shall be few or quite cease, and their Priests grow lean. There shall be a consumption among them all.

Idols, heathen Gods.

Of those Lands, Dagon, Che[illegible: 2 letters]sh, Molech, &c. that are Gods no where else but on Earth, and among the deceived, or Gods of the Earth, as sons of the Earth, vile spurious Gods.

Of that Countrey whose Gods are undone, or all men shall know, own and worship the God of Israel.

Where he dwelleth, not onely at Ierusalem, or in this mount, but every where.

Either literally, as we now see it fulfilled, or as the Jewes interpret Isles to be Transmarine places. So they wait for his Law, as foretold Isa. 42.4.

Of all Nations in all parts of the World. This is eminently fulfilled by the prevailing of the Gospel.

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