Matthew Poole and continuators on Zephaniah 3:13

13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity , nor speak lies : neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed , and lie down, and none shall make them afraid .

Preserved in captivity and dispersion, purified in the furnace of affliction, and now returned to their own Land

Shall not commit the sins they formerly committed, not provoke God with their abominations as before, it is not a prediction of a sinless, but of a reformed state, they shall be righteous, and taught of God, no more Idolaters.

They shall love Truth, and speak Truth, or in larger sence shall be honest and upright amongst men.

A false accuser or witness, like D[illegible: 2 letters]g or Iezabel's Evidences against Naboth, according to that, Psalm 15.2. and 24.4.

Or, they shall feed also, &c. so 'twill be a Blessing added as a Crown of their Piety and Truth; Or, if you read it, for they shall feed, &c. it gives you a reason why they shall not by frauds and lies, as formerly, sin against one another; They shall have a sufficiency by honest wayes, and from Gods Blessing, and shall not be under any great temptation to dishonesty, and lying.

Frights made David, Abraham, and others to forget truth, here none should fright them, and they should not fear to speak the truth; Their lips pure, v[illegible: 1 letter]r. 9. they trust in the Lord, verse 12. therefore shall not lie. Here's a cluster of Spiritual Promises with the Temporal.