1. Zephaniah 1:13 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How does 1:13 point back?

Zephaniah 1:13 (ESV)

13 Their goods shall be plundered, and their houses laid waste. Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they shall not drink wine from them.”

Zephaniah 1:13 points back to Zephaniah 1:8–12 by summarizing the three groups condemned therein: Royal and temple personnel lose their palaces and wealth; the wealthy and the merchants lose their houses; and the ones resting on their lees in apathy cannot taste their wine.1