"The message of the whole book of Zephaniah hangs on the ‘perhaps’. The prophet asks us to trust that the ‘perhaps’ of God is surer than any security the world has to offer.

"With the total destruction of their society in view and no other hope beyond ‘perhaps; Zephaniah urges the people to gather to seek Yahweh. . .

"Those who sought Yahweh in Zephaniah’s day were able to cling in faith to the ‘perhaps’ of God. In the disciples’ witness to the death and resurrection of Jesus, we have more than a ‘perhaps’. We have the face of God dying in love for us and rising to new life, the firstborn of the new creation."
- NIV Application Commentary