Book of Zephaniah

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Book of the Bible Old Testament book prophetic book

The Book of Zephaniah is an Old Testament prophetic book that warns of the coming "day of the Lord" while calling Judah to repentance and promising eventual restoration.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Zephaniah	6
Book of Zephaniah canonical	4

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Book of the Bible ⓘ Old Testament book ⓘ prophetic book ⓘ
addresses	Jerusalem ⓘ Judah ⓘ surrounding nations ⓘ
approximateChapters	3 ⓘ
approximateDate	late 7th century BCE ⓘ
attributedAuthor	Book of Zephaniah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Zephaniah
canonicalOrderChristianOldTestament	ninth of the Minor Prophets ⓘ
canonicalOrderHebrewBible	ninth of the Twelve ⓘ
concludesWith	promise of joy in God’s presence ⓘ promise of restoration for Zion ⓘ
containsProphecyOf	judgment on Ammon ⓘ judgment on Assyria ⓘ judgment on Cush ⓘ judgment on Jerusalem ⓘ judgment on Moab ⓘ judgment on Nineveh ⓘ judgment on Philistia ⓘ
emphasizes	humility and seeking the Lord ⓘ purification of the peoples ⓘ sovereignty of God over all nations ⓘ
genre	oracular literature ⓘ prophecy ⓘ
historicalSetting	reign of King Josiah of Judah ⓘ
includedInCanonOf	Roman Catholic biblical canon ⓘ surface form: Catholic Old Testament Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Jewish Bible Septuagint ⓘ surface form: Orthodox Old Testament Protestant Bible ⓘ surface form: Protestant Old Testament
language	Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalUse	read in Jewish and Christian worship ⓘ
partOf	Christian Old Testament ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: Minor Prophets Neviim ⓘ surface form: Nevi'im
positionInMinorProphets	ninth ⓘ
primaryTheme	day of the Lord ⓘ judgment on Judah ⓘ universal judgment ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
secondaryTheme	call to repentance ⓘ hope of restoration ⓘ remnant theology ⓘ
warnsAgainst	complacency ⓘ idolatry ⓘ social injustice ⓘ syncretism ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Twelve Minor Prophets → containsWork → Book of Zephaniah ⓘ

The Twelve → hasPart → Book of Zephaniah ⓘ

Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Book of Zephaniah ⓘ