Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Zephaniah 2:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
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Quick Meaning
This verse gives the coast as pasture and evening rest for Judah's remnant because the LORD visits and restores them.
Read It With
- Zephaniah 2:4-7
Read Zephaniah 2:7 with 2:4-7. This verse gives the coast as pasture and evening rest for Judah's remnant because the LORD visits and restores them. The complete unit establishes this movement: The westward oracle moves from Philistine urban loss to quiet pasture and provision for Judah's remnant, joining judgment with a restoration promise that remains ancient and bounded.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The first nation oracle extends accountability beyond Judah while introducing 'remnant' and the possibility of restored dwelling before the later Jerusalem-remnant section. Within that movement, this verse gives the coast as pasture and evening rest for Judah's remnant because the LORD visits and restores them.
What Remains True
Restoration is pictured as provision and safety for chastened survivors, not triumphal innocence.
How It Can Shape Life
- Measure recovery by secure rest and provision while rejecting dispossession of others.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Zephaniah 2:4-7 — Philistia's Coast Becomes Rest for Judah's RemnantSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The final idiom may mean turn captivity or restore fortunes, and the historical realization is not specified.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Zephaniah 2:4-7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Zephaniah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew words, morphology, clause relationships, repeated roots, wordplays, names, and the base wording behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Zeph.xml, 2:4-7
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Zephaniah with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, text-critical, poetic, historical, and uncertainty notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Zephaniah PDF, printed pp. 1779-1780, translation and notes on 2:4-7
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