John Trapp on Zephaniah 3:19

Verſe 19. Behold at that time I will undoe all that afflict thee] Heb. Behold Me: Look not to thy ſelf as unworthy or unlikely to inherit ſuch precious promiſes: for, not for your ſakes do I this ſaith the Lord God, be it known unto you, but for mine own holy Names ſake Ezek. 36.22, 32. your unworthineſſe ſhall ſerve for a foile to ſet forth the freeneſſe of my love: your unlikelineſſe, the greatneſſe of my power: my grace is ſufficient for thee, my ſtrength is perfected in thy weakneſſe 2 Cor. 19.9. Againe, look not to thine enemies, how many and mighty they are, how witty and wealthy, how active and combined (lorica[illegible: 1 letter]us incedit Satan & cataphractus, ſaid Luther) let thine eyes be upon me, as Jehoſaphats were when he knew not whither elſe to look 2 Chron. 20.12. let thine heart be lift up in my wayes, as his was 2 Chron. 17.6. behold me, behold me Eſay 65.1. Look not downward on the ruſhing and roating ſtreames of miſeries and troubles which run ſo ſwiftly under thee, for then thou wilt be giddy: but look upward and ſtedfaſtly faſten on my power and promiſe: beleeve in the Lord thy God, ſo ſhalt thou be eſtabliſhed: beleeve his Prophets, ſo ſhalt thou proſper 2 Chr. 20.20. thine enemies alſo ſhall be found liars unto thee, and thou ſhalt tread upon their high places Deut. 33.29. I will undo them, ſaith God here Heb. I will do them (per Antiphraſin:) or I will bruiſe them and break them in peeces, as R David rendreth it, by comparing Ezek. 23.3, 21. I will not only repreſſe them but root them out. Thoſe that offer violence to the Church like blind Sampſon, they lay hands upon their pillars, to pluck the houſe upon their own heads.

and I will ſave her that halteth] As enemies ſhall not hinder the Churches happineſſe, ſo neither ſhall her own infirmities. Grant ſhe be lame and luxated, maimed and diſjoynted, ſo that ſhe goeth ſideling and halteth down right Pſal. 38.17. Say ſhe be driven out of her countrey as an exile, out of all companies, as an outcaſt (whom no man ſeeketh after Ier. 30.17.) and out of all good conceit of her ſelf, as an abject, vile in her own eyes, not fit for the communion of Saints, or kingdome of heaven: Yea I will ſave her, I will gather her: like as the gathering hoſt in the wilderneſſe (ſee Ioſh. 6.9.) took up the lame, feeble, and thoſe that were left behind. See Mic. 4.6. with the Note, and Ezek. 32.16. I will ſeek that which was loſt, and reduce that which was driven away &c.

and I will get them praiſe and fame in every land &c.] So that glorious things ſhall be ſpoken of thee, O city of God: As thy ſin ſhall be remitted, ſo thy name ſhall be healed, thy fame ſpread, per era hominum volitabis, I will faſhion mens opinions of thee, ſo that thoſe that formerly ſhamed and ſhunned thee, ſhall highly eſteem thee, and ſtand for thee.