Zep 2:8-10 | JFB | STEP | 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 ( ; ; compare ; ; Ob 12).

‏ Zephaniah 2:8-10

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).

9. the breeding of nettles--or, the overspreading of nettles, that is, a place overrun with them.

salt pits--found at the south of the Dead Sea. The water overflows in the spring, and salt is left by the evaporation. Salt land is barren (Jud 9:45; Psa 107:34, Margin).

possess them--that is, their land; in retribution for their having occupied Judah's land.

10. (Compare Zep 2:8).

their pride--in antithesis to the meek (Zep 2:3).