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â¢ DECREE (noun). The noun DECREE has 1 sense: 1. a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge). Familiarity information: DECREE used as a noun is very rare. â¢ DECREE (verb). The verb DECREE has 2 senses: 1. issue a decree. 2. decide with authority. Familiarity information: DECREE used as a verb is rare.
Hence, despite the decree of the destruction, Zephaniah can call the people to seek God before the decree takes effect Perhaps you will be hidden in the day of the Lord's anger (2:1-3 NASB). Political and Cosmic Order. Poetic texts describe God's decrees as having established political and cosmic order. Psalm 2, an enthronement psalm, states that it was by the Lord's decree (hoq [ qoj ]) that each Davidic king was adopted as a son of God at his coronation (cf. 2 Sam 7:14).