New American Standard Bible 1995

Zephaniah 3:8-20

8“Therefore 1wait for Me,” declares the Lord, “For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to 2gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All My burning anger; For 3all the earth will be devoured By the fire of My zeal.9For then I will 4give to the peoples 5purified lips, That all of them may 6call on the name of the Lord, To serve Him 7shoulder to shoulder.10From beyond the rivers of 8Ethiopia My 9worshipers, 10My dispersed ones, Will 11bring My offerings.11In that day you will 12feel no shame Because of all your deeds By which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst Your 13proud, exulting ones, And you will never again be haughty On My 14holy mountain.12But I will leave among you A 15humble and lowly people, And they will 16take refuge in the name of the Lord.13The 17remnant of Israel will 18do no wrong And 19tell no lies, Nor will a deceitful tongue Be found in their mouths; For they will 20feed and lie down With no one to make them tremble.”

14Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion! 21Shout in triumph, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!15The Lord has taken away 22His judgments against you, He has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is 23in your midst; You will 24fear disaster no more.16 25In that day it will be said to Jerusalem: “26Do not be afraid, O Zion; 27Do not let your hands fall limp.17The Lord your God is 28in your midst, A 29 30victorious warrior. He will 31exult over you with joy, He will 32be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.18I will gather those who 33grieve about the appointed feasts-- They 34came from you, O Zion; The reproach of exile is a burden on 35them.19Behold, I am going to deal at that time With all your 36oppressors, I will save the 37lame And gather the outcast, And I will turn their 38shame into 39praise and renown In all the earth.20At that time I will 40bring you in, Even at the time when I gather you together; Indeed, I will give you 41renown and praise Among all the peoples of the earth, When I 42restore your fortunes before your eyes,” Says the Lord.

Read all of Zephaniah 3

Notes

1. Zephaniah 3:8 Ps 27:14; Is 30:18; Hab 2:3 ↩
2. Zephaniah 3:8 Ezek 38:14-23; Joel 3:2 ↩
3. Zephaniah 3:8 Zeph 1:18 ↩
4. Zephaniah 3:9 Lit change ↩
5. Zephaniah 3:9 Is 19:18; 57:19 ↩
6. Zephaniah 3:9 Ps 22:27; 86:9; Hab 2:14; Zeph 2:11 ↩
7. Zephaniah 3:9 Lit with one shoulder ↩
8. Zephaniah 3:10 Ps 68:31; Is 18:1 ↩
9. Zephaniah 3:10 Or suppliants ↩
10. Zephaniah 3:10 Lit the daughter of My dispersed ones ↩
11. Zephaniah 3:10 Is 60:6, 7 ↩
12. Zephaniah 3:11 Is 45:17; 54:4; Joel 2:26, 27 ↩
13. Zephaniah 3:11 Is 2:12; 5:15 ↩
14. Zephaniah 3:11 Is 11:9; 56:7; Ezek 20:40 ↩
15. Zephaniah 3:12 Is 14:30 ↩
16. Zephaniah 3:12 Is 14:32; 50:10; Nah 1:7; Zech 13:8, 9 ↩
17. Zephaniah 3:13 Is 10:20-22; Mic 4:7; Zeph 2:7 ↩
18. Zephaniah 3:13 Ps 119:3; Jer 31:33; Zeph 3:5 ↩
19. Zephaniah 3:13 Zech 8:3, 16; Rev 14:5 ↩
20. Zephaniah 3:13 Ezek 34:13-15 ↩
21. Zephaniah 3:14 Zech 9:9 ↩
22. Zephaniah 3:15 Ps 19:9; John 5:30; Rev 18:20 ↩
23. Zephaniah 3:15 Ezek 37:26-28; Zeph 3:5 ↩
24. Zephaniah 3:15 Is 54:14 ↩
25. Zephaniah 3:16 Is 25:9 ↩
26. Zephaniah 3:16 Is 35:3, 4 ↩
27. Zephaniah 3:16 Job 4:3; Heb 12:12 ↩
28. Zephaniah 3:17 Zeph 3:5, 15 ↩
29. Zephaniah 3:17 Lit A warrior who saves ↩
30. Zephaniah 3:17 Is 63:1 ↩
31. Zephaniah 3:17 Is 62:5 ↩
32. Zephaniah 3:17 Or with some ancient versions, renew you in ↩
33. Zephaniah 3:18 Ps 42:2-4; Ezek 9:4 ↩
34. Zephaniah 3:18 Lit were ↩
35. Zephaniah 3:18 Lit her ↩
36. Zephaniah 3:19 Is 60:14 ↩
37. Zephaniah 3:19 Ezek 34:16; Mic 4:6 ↩
38. Zephaniah 3:19 Ezek 16:27, 57 ↩
39. Zephaniah 3:19 Is 60:18; 62:7; Zech 8:23 ↩
40. Zephaniah 3:20 Ezek 37:12, 21 ↩
41. Zephaniah 3:20 Deut 26:18, 19; Is 56:5; 66:22 ↩
42. Zephaniah 3:20 Jer 29:14; Joel 3:1; Zeph 2:7 ↩

Notes

Commentaries on Zephaniah 3