Zephaniah 3:18

Zephaniah 3:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
• New International Version (NIV)“I will remove from you all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals, which is a burden and reproach for you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will gather those of you who mourn for the festival, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I will gather those who sorrow over the appointed assembly, Who are among you, To whom its reproach is a burden.

Context of Zephaniah 3:18

16On that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, ‘Have no fear, O Zion, do not let your hands fall limp. 17Adonai your God is in your midst— a mighty Savior! He will delight over you with joy. He will quiet you with His love. He will dance for joy over you with singing.’ “I will gather those among you who grieve over your moadim— it is a burden of shame on you. 19Behold, at that time I will deal with all who oppress you. I will save the lame and gather the outcast. I will make them a praise and a name throughout all the land where they suffered shame. 20At that time I will bring you in. At that time I will gather you. For I will give you renown and glory among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your captives before your eyes,” declares Adonai.

Zephaniah 3:18 word by word

נוּגֵ֧י מִמּוֹעֵ֛ד אָסַ֖פְתִּי מִמֵּ֣ךְ הָי֑וּ מַשְׂאֵ֥ת עָלֶ֖יהָ חֶרְפָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will gatherאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• sorrowfulיָגָהyâgâh · to sufferH3013
• for the solemn assemblyמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meeting: festivalH4150
• the reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
• a burdenמַשְׂאֵתmaώ'êth · tributeH4864

Cross-references for Zephaniah 3:18

• Zephaniah 3:20At that time I will bring you in. At that time I will gather you. For I will give you renown and glory among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your captives before your eyes,” declares Adonai.
• Jeremiah 23:3“I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them back to their folds, and they will be fruitful and multiply.
• Jeremiah 31:8With weeping and supplications they will come. I will bring them, leading them to walk by streams of water on a straight path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
• Ezekiel 34:13I will bring them out from the peoples. I will gather them from the countries. I will bring them back to their own land. I will shepherd them upon the mountains of Israel, by the streams and in all the habitable places of the land.
• Ezekiel 36:24“‘For I will take you from the nations, gather you out of all the countries and bring you back to your own land.
• Romans 11:25For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be ignorant of this mystery—lest you be wise in your own eyes—that a partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;
• Psalms 42:2As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for You, O God.
• Psalms 43:3Send forth Your light and Your truth— let them guide me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to Your dwelling places.
• Psalms 63:1A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
• Psalms 84:1For the music director, upon the Gittite lyre, a psalm of the sons of Korah.
• Psalms 137:3For there our captors demanded songs and our tormentors asked for joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
• Lamentations 1:4The roads to Zion mourn for no one comes to her moadim. All her gates are desolate. Her kohanim groan, her maidens grieve— she is in bitter anguish.
• Lamentations 2:6Like the garden He laid waste His dwelling, destroyed His appointed meeting place. Adonai has caused moed and Shabbat to be forgotten in Zion. In the indignation of His anger He spurned king and kohen.
• Hosea 9:5What will you do for a moed or for the day of Adonai’s feast?

Commentaries on Zephaniah 3:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18I will gather - sorrowful - This may refer to those who, during the captivity, mourned for their former religious assemblies; and who were reproached by their enemies, because they could not enjoy their religious solemnities. See Psalm 137:1-9; : "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song," etc. This very circumstance may be the reference here.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18I will gather them that are sorrowful - for the solemn assembly, in which they were to “rejoice” Leviticus 23:40; Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18; Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 27:7 before God and which in their captivity God made to cease. “They were of thee” Lamentations 1:4; Lamentations 2:6, the true Israel who were “grieved for the affliction of Joseph; to whom the reproach of it was a burden” Amos 6:6 (rather, on whom reproach was laid‘): for…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-20Verses 14-20 After the promises of taking away sin, follow promises of taking away trouble. When the cause is removed, the effect will cease. What makes a people holy, will make them happy. The precious promises made to the purified people, were to have full accomplishment in the gospel. These verses appear chiefly to relate to the future conversion and restoration of Israel, and the glorious times which are to follow. They show the abundant peace…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18I will gather … no longer suffer reproach: The Lord's promise is very different from the warnings at the start of the book. First, God threatened to gather the nations to remove the people of Judah from the earth (Zephaniah 1:2–4). Now, he promises to gather those exiled from Jerusalem and lead them safely home.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. sorrowful for the solemn assembly--pining after the solemn assembly which they cannot celebrate in exile (La 1:4; 2:6). who are of thee--that is, of thy true citizens; and whom therefore I will restore. to whom the reproach of it was a burden--that is, to whom thy reproach ("the reproach of My people," Mi 6:16; their ignominious captivity) was a burden. "Of it" is put of thee, as the person is often changed. Those who shared in the burden of reproach…Read the comment

Topics related to Zephaniah 3:18

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Church
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In the dictionaries

• Pride
• Solemn, Solemnity
• 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