Zep 1:2-4 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Zeph 1:2-3: 1:2-3 The list of the things that God will sweep away in his judgment is in reverse order to their creation (Gen 1:20-26 ): people and animals ... birds ... fish , because judgment is a reversal of creation.

bGen 1:20-26►

f2 Kgs 23:5►

‏ Zephaniah 1:2-4

Summary for Zeph 1:2-3: 1:2-3 ^a The list of the things that God will sweep away in his judgment is in reverse order to their creation (Gen 1:20-26 ^b): people and animals ... birds ... fish, because judgment is a reversal of creation.
Summary for Zeph 1:4-6: 1:4-6 ^c Having pronounced judgment on the whole earth (1:2-3 ^d), Zephaniah now focuses attention on his own people, Judah and Jerusalem. 1:4 ^e When Zephaniah made this prophecy, before Josiah’s reforms in 622 BC, idolatrous priests rampantly promoted Baal worship and other forms of paganism (2 Kgs 23:5 ^f).