Zephaniah 3:8-13
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh Will Pour Out His Anger
8 “Therefore (A)wait for Me,” declares Yahweh,
“For the day when I rise up as a witness.
Indeed, My judgment is to (B)assemble nations,
To gather kingdoms,
To pour out on them My indignation,
All My burning anger;
For (C)all the earth will be devoured
By the fire of My zeal.
9 For then I will change them to peoples with (D)purified lips,
That all of them may (E)call on the name of Yahweh,
To serve Him [a]shoulder to shoulder.
10 From beyond the rivers of [b](F)Ethiopia
My [c]worshipers, [d]My scattered ones,
Will (G)bring My offerings.
11 In that day you will (H)feel no shame
Because of all your deeds
By which you have transgressed against Me;
For then I will remove from your midst
Your (I)proud, exulting ones,
And you will never again be haughty
On My (J)holy mountain.
12 But I will cause to remain in your midst
A [e](K)lowly and poor people,
And they will (L)take refuge in the name of Yahweh.
13 The (M)remnant of Israel will (N)do no injustice
And (O)not speak falsehood,
Nor will a deceitful tongue
Be found in their mouths;
For they will (P)feed and lie down
With no one to make them tremble.”
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 3:9 Lit with one shoulder
- Zephaniah 3:10 Or Cush, cf. Gen 10:6
- Zephaniah 3:10 Or suppliants
- Zephaniah 3:10 Lit the daughter of My scattered ones
- Zephaniah 3:12 Or humble, afflicted
Zephaniah 3:8-13
International Standard Version
The Future Deliverance of Israel
8 “Just you wait!” declares the Lord.
“The day will come when I stand up as a prosecutor,[a]
for I am determined to assemble the nations
and to gather the kingdoms,
in order to pour out my indignation upon them—
all of my fierce anger.
All the earth will be consumed by the fire of my jealousy.
9 Indeed, then I will return my people to a pure language[b]
so that they all may call upon the name of the Lord,
serving him with a united will.[c]
10 “From beyond the rivers of Sudan[d] my worshipers[e]—
including my dispersed people—
will present offerings to me.
11 When this happens,[f] you will not be ashamed of your actions
by which you sinned against me,
because I will remove from among you those who revel in pride.
Arrogance will have no place in my holy mountain.
12 I will keep a humble and gentle people among you,
and they will trust in the name of the Lord.
13 The survivors of Israel will not practice lawlessness
nor tell lies,
nor will a deceitful message be found in their mouths,
because they will eat and rest,
with no one to cause fear.”
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 3:8 Or witness
- Zephaniah 3:9 Or to pure lips
- Zephaniah 3:9 Lit. shoulder
- Zephaniah 3:10 Or Ethiopia; Lit. Cush
- Zephaniah 3:10 Lit. incense burners
- Zephaniah 3:11 Lit. On that day
Zephaniah 3:8-13
New International Version
8 Therefore wait(A) for me,”
declares the Lord,
“for the day I will stand up to testify.[a]
I have decided to assemble(B) the nations,(C)
to gather the kingdoms
and to pour out my wrath(D) on them—
all my fierce anger.(E)
The whole world will be consumed(F)
by the fire of my jealous anger.
Restoration of Israel’s Remnant
9 “Then I will purify the lips of the peoples,
that all of them may call(G) on the name of the Lord(H)
and serve(I) him shoulder to shoulder.
10 From beyond the rivers of Cush[b](J)
my worshipers, my scattered people,
will bring me offerings.(K)
11 On that day you, Jerusalem, will not be put to shame(L)
for all the wrongs you have done to me,(M)
because I will remove from you
your arrogant boasters.(N)
Never again will you be haughty
on my holy hill.(O)
12 But I will leave within you
the meek(P) and humble.
The remnant of Israel
will trust(Q) in the name of the Lord.
13 They(R) will do no wrong;(S)
they will tell no lies.(T)
A deceitful tongue
will not be found in their mouths.(U)
They will eat and lie down(V)
and no one will make them afraid.(W)”
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 3:8 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew will rise up to plunder
- Zephaniah 3:10 That is, the upper Nile region
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