Zephaniah gave some important statements which could play a positive role in helping a person make it to the return of Jesus.
He gave this future for the Jews living in Israel in 3:11-15. In that day you shall not be put to shame for all your deeds for which you have rebelled and transgressed against Me, for then I will take away out of your midst those who exult in your majesty and pride; and you shall no more be haughty because of My holy mountain. For I will leave in the midst of you a people afflicted and poor, and they shall trust, seek refuge, and be confident in the name of the Lord. What is left of Israel shall not do iniquity or speak lies, neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they shall feed and lie down and none shall make them afraid. Sing, O Daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice, be in high spirits and glory with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away the judgments against you; He has cast out your enemy. The King of Israel, even the Lord is in the midst of you; you shall not experience or fear evil anymore.
Verse 11 shows a major threat to some of the Jews. He says the haughty ones will not be allowed to participate in the promised deliverance of evil. This is a threat against those among the Jews who act superior and look down on some of the gentiles. If Jews were in touch with reality, they would heed this quote of Zephaniah and make sure this persoanl rejection by God does not happen to them. How does one get to be haughty? What does a person do wrong so they become haughty? What words in the scripture do they throw out? Certainly a person becomes haughty because they became delusional because they threw out some important statements in the bible which if they had heeded would have kept them from being haughty.
Verse 12 shows God places a minority group among the Jews. So if they were not there, both the word of Zephaniah and the bible would be unfulfilled.