John Trapp on Zephaniah 2:15

Verſe 15. This is the re[illegible: 1 letter]oycing city] Exultabunda, that could ſtand on no ground, but was ready to leape out of her skin as it were: her inhabitants were meer mirth mongers altogether ſet upon the merry pin: like the people of Tombu[illegible: 1 letter]um in Africke, who ſpend their whole time in ſinging and dancing. Now the caſe is altered, and the Church, out of zeale for Gods glory, thus inſulteth over them.

that dwelt careleſly] As if ſcituate in the clouds, above all feare; and altogether inſuperable. Security uſhereth in deſtruction. See Ier. 49.31, 32.

that ſaid in her heart I am, and there is none beſides me] This was a proud word indeed. I am is one of God Almighties names Exod. 3.14. and There is none beſides me, is one of his titles Eſa. 45.5.21. and 48.12. Thus empty man would be ſomething (the toad would ſwell to the bigneſſe of an oxe) though man be born like a wild-aſſes colt Iob 11.12. and man being in honour underſtandeth not, that he is, Pſal. 49.20. p[illegible: 1 letter]coribus merticinis. Tremel. or ſhortly ſhall be, like the beaſts that periſh: that die of the murraine, and ſo become carrion good for nothing.

Ʋnde ſuperbit homo cujus conceptio turpis, Naſcipoena, labor vita, neceſſe meri?

How is ſhe become a deſolation!] Here the Prophet Niniven in Theatro ſtatuit, & traducit apud Judaeos (ſaith Calvin) ſetteth Niniveh upon the ſtage, and ſheweth his Jewes the tragicall end of her: how ſhe ſhould wonderfully be brought down beyond all expectation. God delighteth o make himſelf marvelous: he is the onely true Thaumaturgus.

every one that paſſeth by her ſhall hiſs and wagg his hand] In ſcorn, horrour and diſdaine; and why, See Nah. 3.19. with the Note. Lam. 2.15, 17. 1 King. 9.8. Ezek. 27.36. Mic. 6.16. Surely God ſcorneth the ſcorners Prov. 3.34. and maketh that the mercileſſe find no mercy, Iam. 2.13.