John Calvin Reformed @genevareformer

The Prophet, after having spoken of God’s wrath, and shown how terrible it would be, and also how near, now exhorts the Jews to repentance, and thus mitigates the severity of his former doctrine, provided their minds were teachable. We hence learn that God fulminates in his word against men, that he may withhold his hand from them.

Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Here we see what the prophet meant in that terrible description of the approaching judgments which we had in the foregoing chapter. From first to last his design was, not to drive the people to despair, but to drive them to God and to their duty - not to frighten them out of their wits, but to frighten them out of their sins.

Commenting on Zephaniah 2:1-3

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

Gather yourselves together This is said to the people of the Jews in general; that whereas the judgments of God were coming upon them, as predicted in the preceding chapter ( Zephaniah 1:1-18 ) , it was high time for them to get together, and consider what was to be done at such a juncture; it was right to call a solemn assembly, to gather...