Having announced that divine judgment would come on the nations around Judah ( Zephaniah 2:4-15), the prophet returned to the subject of Yahweh"s judgment on the Chosen People (cf. Zephaniah 1:4 to Zephaniah 2:3), but this time he focused more particularly on Jerusalem. Though he did not mention Jerusalem by name, it is clearly in view. [source][source][source]
"Like Isaiah and Micah , he is a prophet of the city, open-eyed to its faults; unlike them, his focus is almost wholly civic and religious. But he draws the fundamental dividing line in the same place: whatever the basis on which the world is judged, the people of God are judged for turning from revealed truth ( Amos 2:4) and for neglecting proffered spiritual privileges ( Isaiah 65:2). [source][source][source]
"Like Amos , Zephaniah uses the rhetorical device of condemning surrounding nations, but all the while-unannounced to his hearers-bringing their own condemnation ever closer." [1][source]