228. Internal Meaning of Zephaniah, Chapter 1 (1)

1-3 All knowledge [cognitio] and understanding of truth will perish. (2)

4-6 The church will perish because it is in mere falsities and evils in respect to doctrine and in respect to worship. (2, 11)

7-8 The Lord will come and gather [people] together to the church. (1, 11)

9-11 Then those who have adulterated the truths of the Word will perish, and are to be cast into hell. (15)

12-13 No truth will then be left in the church. (3, 7)

14-17 They will perish on the day of the judgment by the Lord. (15)

18 They cannot be preserved. (15)