English Standard Version
Zephaniah 2:1
1Gather together, yes, gather, O shameless nation,
Zephaniah 2:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
- New International Version (NIV)Gather together, gather yourselves together, you shameful nation,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, O undesirable nation,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Gather together—yes, gather together, you shameless nation.
Context of Zephaniah 2:1
Gather together, yes, gather, O shameless nation, 2before the decree takes effect —before the day passes away like chaff— before there comes upon you the burning anger of the Lord, before there comes upon you the day of the anger of the Lord. 3Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord.
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הִֽתְקוֹשְׁשׁ֖וּ וָק֑וֹשּׁוּ הַגּ֖וֹי לֹ֥א נִכְסָֽף׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Zephaniah 2:1
- 2 Chronicles 20:4And Judah assembled to seek help from the Lord; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
- Nehemiah 8:1And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel.
- Nehemiah 9:1Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth on their heads.
- Esther 4:16"Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish."
- Joel 1:14Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.
- Joel 2:12"Yet even now," declares the Lord, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
- Matthew 18:20For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them."
- Isaiah 1:4Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.
- Jeremiah 12:7"I have forsaken my house; I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.
- Zechariah 11:8In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
- Isaiah 26:8In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.
Commentaries on Zephaniah 2:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Gather yourselves - Others, sift yourselves. Separate the chaff from the wheat, before the judgments of God fall upon you. O nation not desired - unlovely, not delighted in; hated because of your sin. The Israelites are addressed.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Having set forth the terrors of the Judgment Day, the prophet adds an earnest call to repentance; and then declares how judgments, forerunners of that Day, shall fall, one by one, on those nations around, who know not God, and shall rest upon Nineveh, the great beautiful ancient city of the world. Jerome: “See the mercy of God. It had been enough to have set before the wise the vehemence of the coming evil. But because He willeth not to punish, but to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1An exhortation to repentance. (1-3) Judgments upon other nations. (4-15) Verses 1-3 The prophet calls to national repentance, as the only way to prevent national ruin. A nation not desiring, that has not desires toward God, is not desirous of his favour and grace, has no mind to repent and reform. Or, not desirable, not having any thing to recommend them to God; to whom God might justly say, Depart from me; but he says, Gather together to me that you may…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3After describing the terrifying scene, Zephaniah urges his nation to repent and humble themselves before God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-151. Gather yourselves--to a religious assembly, to avert the judgment by prayers (Joe 2:16) [Grotius]. Or, so as not to be dissipated "as chaff" (Zep 2:2). The Hebrew is akin to a root meaning "chaff." Self-confidence and corrupt desires are the dissipation from which they are exhorted to gather themselves [Calvin]. The foe otherwise, like the wind, will scatter you "as the chaff." Repentance is the gathering of themselves meant. nation not…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zephaniah 2
- 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
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