Zephaniah 3:12

Zephaniah 3:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)But I will leave within you the meek and humble. The remnant of Israel will trust in the name of the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will leave in your midst A meek and humble people, And they shall trust in the name of the Lord.

Context of Zephaniah 3:12

10‘Some people live a long way beyond the rivers of Cush. Yes, my people who pray went away to many other countries. They will return and they will carry their gifts to me. 11At that time, you will not have to be ashamed of the wrong things that you have done against me. But I will take away those who do not see anything wrong in themselves. Those people will not call each other “the people who live on God's holy mountain”. But I will let the poor people remain there. These are the people who have had bad times. These are the people who will trust me. And they will call me Lord. 13I will let those people stay there. They will not do any bad things. They will only say things that are true. They will say honest things. They will eat well and they will sleep well. Nobody will make them afraid.’ 14Sing, you people in Zion. You are my own people, like my own daughter. Shout, you people in Israel! Be very, very happy, my people in Jerusalem!

Zephaniah 3:12 word by word

וְהִשְׁאַרְתִּ֣י בְקִרְבֵּ֔ךְ עַ֥ם עָנִ֖י וָדָ֑ל וְחָס֖וּ בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will also leaveשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• in the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• of thee an afflictedעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• and poorדַּלdal · poorH1800
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and they shall trustחָסָהchâsâh · to seek refugeH2620
• in the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Zephaniah 3:12

• Isaiah 14:32When a foreign nation sends a message, what should we say? Say that the Lord has made Zion very strong. When his people have trouble, they will be safe there.
• Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Almighty Lord is on me, because he has chosen me to serve him. He has sent me to tell good news to poor people. He has sent me to comfort people who are very upset. He has sent me to tell prisoners that they are now free. They can go out of their prisons!
• Zechariah 11:11On the day that the Lord's promise finished, the weak sheep watched me. They knew that it was the Lord's message.
• Zechariah 13:8In the whole country,’ says the Lord, ‘two thirds of the people will die. But one third will still be living there.
• Matthew 5:3‘Happy are the people who know that they need God very much. The kingdom of heaven belongs to people like that.
• Matthew 11:5Blind people can now see again. People who could not walk can now walk again. People who had a bad disease of the skin are now well again. Deaf people can now hear again. People who had died now live again. Poor people are hearing God's good news.
• 1 Corinthians 1:27Instead, God chose to use things that people think are silly. He did this so that clever people would be ashamed. Yes, God chose to use things that people think are weak. He did this so that powerful people would be ashamed.
• James 2:5My Christian friends, listen to me. God has chosen to bless people who are poor in this world. He has helped them to trust him. So really they are rich. God will give to them a place in his kingdom. He has promised to do that for all people who love him.
• Psalms 37:40The Lord helps them. He saves them from wicked people. He keeps them safe because they turn to him for help.
• Isaiah 50:10Do any of you respect the Lord with fear? Do any of you obey his servant's message? Are you walking in a place that is completely dark, where there is no light? Then you should trust in the Lord as the God who will help you.
• Nahum 1:7The Lord loves those who believe him. When they are in trouble, they can put their hope in God.
• Matthew 12:21All the nations will trust him to save them.’
• Romans 15:12God's prophet Isaiah says this: ‘The root of Jesse will arrive. He will come to rule the Gentiles. The Gentiles will trust him to save them.’
• Ephesians 1:12We were the first people to trust in Christ, God's special Messiah. God wanted us to show how great he is. He wanted people to praise him because of us.
• 1 Peter 1:21Yes, it is because of Christ that you now believe in God. God raised Christ, so that he became alive again after his death. He did that to show everyone that Christ is great. That is why you believe in God. You trust him that he will do good things for you.

Commentaries on Zephaniah 3:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12An afflicted and poor people - In such a state will the Jews be found when they shall hear the universal call, and believe in Christ Jesus. Indeed, this is the general state of the Jews in the present day; except a Jew that are called Jews, who are very rich; and who believe just as much in the God of Jacob, as they do in Jesus Christ.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12I will also leave - (Over, as a remnant, it is still the same heavy prophecy, that a remnant only shall be saved‘) “an afflicted and poor people.” priests, (except that great company who were obedient to the faith‘) Acts 6:7, scribes, lawyers, Pharisees, Sadducees were taken away; and there remained “the people of the land”, the “unlearned and ignorant” Acts 4:13, “the weak things of the world and the things despised” 1 Corinthians 1:27-28 who bore the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 The preaching of the gospel is predicted, when vengeance would be executed on the Jewish nation. The purifying doctrines of the gospel, or the pure language of the grace of the Lord, would teach men to use the language of humility, repentance, and faith. Purity and piety in common conversation is good. The pure and happy state of the church in the latter days seems intended. The Lord will shut out boasting, and leave men nothing to glory in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Jesus the Messiah, God's chosen one, perfectly shows the moral qualities expected of the faithful people of Israel (Isaiah 42:1–4; 53:3, 7–9; Zechariah 9:9; see Matthew 11:28–30; 12:15–21; Philippians 2:1–8; 1 Peter 2:23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. afflicted ... they shall trust in ... Lord--the blessed effect of sanctified affliction on the Jewish remnant. Entire trust in the Lord cannot be, except where all cause for boasting is taken away (Is 14:32; Zec 11:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Zephaniah 3:12

• Church
• Faith
• Humility
• Millennium
• Poor

In the dictionaries

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• Zephaniah, Book of

Commentaries on Zephaniah 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings