Zephaniah 2:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

Zephaniah 2:8 —

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Amos 1:13
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
Jeremiah 49:1
Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
Psalms 83:4-7
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. …
Jeremiah 48:27-29
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. …
Ezekiel 25:3-11
And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 8-11)

The Moabites and Ammonites were both of the posterity of Lot; their countries joined, and, both adjoining to Israel, they are here put together in the prophecy against them. I. They are both charged with the same crime, and that was reproaching and reviling the people of God and triumphing in their calamities (Zeph. 2:8): They have reproached my people; while God’s people kept close to their duty…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. I have heard--A seasonable consolation to Judah when wantonly assailed by Moab and Ammon with impunity: God saith, “I have heard it all, though I might seem to men not to have observed it because I did not immediately inflict punishment.” magnified themselves--acted haughtily, invading the territory of Judah (Jr 48:29; 49:1; compare Zep 2:10; Psa 35:26; Ob 12).