Annotated Outline of Zephaniah

Zephaniah

1. Immediate judgment on Judah  (1:1-18)
   1. Title, author, and historical background (2 Ki. 22:1-23:30; 2 Chr. 34-35)  (1:1)
   2. Fourteenfold judgment: Babylonian captivity  (1:2-6)
   100. The day of the Lord  (1:7-13)
        1. Nearness: seven classes punished  (1:7-13)
   4. Nearness: sevenfold character of that day; reason  (1:14-18)
2. Judgments on Gentiles by Babylon (Isa. 13-23; Jer. 45-49; Ez. 25-32; Amos 1:1-2:3)  (2:1-15)
   1. Fivefold admonition to Judah  (2:1-3)
   2. Against Philistia (Isa. 14:27)  (2:4-7)
   100. Against Moab and Ammon (Isa. 15:1 and Jer. 49:1, refs.)  (2:8-11)
   4. Against Ethiopia (Isa. 18:1)  (2:12)
   5. Against Assyria (Isa. 10:28, refs.)  (2:13-15)
3. Fourteenfold moral state of Judah (Isa. 1:5, refs.)  (3:1-20)
   1. The last days (Isa. 2:1, refs.)  (3:8)
      1. Armageddon (Joel 3; Zech. 14)  (3:8)
   2. Conversion of all nations  (3:9-10)
   100. Rebels purged from Judah  (3:11-13)
   4. Messiah reigning in Zion (Isa. 4:2-4; 9:6-7; Zech. 14:1-21; Lk. 1:32-33; Rev. 20)  (3:14-17)
   5. Restoration of Israel  (3:18-20)