Zephaniah 2:1

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,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Gather together, yes, gather, O shameless nation,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, O undesirable nation,

Context of Zephaniah 2:1

Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; 2Before the decree bringeth forth, before the day passeth as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD cometh upon you, before the day of the LORD’S anger cometh upon you. 3Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, who have performed his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hidden in the day of the LORD’S anger.

Zephaniah 2:1 word by word

הִֽתְקוֹשְׁשׁ֖וּ וָק֑וֹשּׁוּ הַגּ֖וֹי לֹ֥א נִכְסָֽף׃Read the interlinear

• togetherקָשַׁשׁqâshash · to assembleH7197
• nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• desiredכָּסַףkâsaph · to longH3700

Cross-references for Zephaniah 2:1

• 2 Chronicles 20:4And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
• Nehemiah 8:1And all the people gathered themselves together as one man in the street that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
• Nehemiah 9:1Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
• Esther 4:16Go, gather all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in to the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
• Joel 1:14Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry to the LORD,
• Joel 2:12Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
• Matthew 18:20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
• Isaiah 1:4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they are gone away backward.
• Jeremiah 12:7I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
• Zechariah 11:8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
• Isaiah 26:8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

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

Topics related to Zephaniah 2:1

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In the dictionaries

• Cottage
• Thereupon
• Desire
• Zephaniah, Book of

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