I said, surely thou wilt fear me: thou wilt receive instruction: so their dwelling should not be destroyed howsoever I visited them, but [a]they rose early, and corrupted all their works.

Therefore [b]wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for I am determined to gather the nations, and that I will assemble the kingdoms to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce wrath: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

Surely [c]then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord to serve him [d]with one consent.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:7 They were most earnest and ready to do wickedly.
  2. Zephaniah 3:8 Seeing ye will not repent, you shall look for my vengeance as well as other nations.
  3. Zephaniah 3:9 Lest any should think then that God’s glory should have perished when Judah was destroyed, he showeth that he will publish his grace through all the world.
  4. Zephaniah 3:9 Hebrew, with one shoulder, as Hos. 6:9.

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