13 They(A) will do no wrong;(B)
    they will tell no lies.(C)
A deceitful tongue
    will not be found in their mouths.(D)
They will eat and lie down(E)
    and no one will make them afraid.(F)

14 Sing, Daughter Zion;(G)
    shout aloud,(H) Israel!
Be glad and rejoice(I) with all your heart,
    Daughter Jerusalem!
15 The Lord has taken away your punishment,
    he has turned back your enemy.
The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you;(J)
    never again will you fear(K) any harm.(L)

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13 (A)The remnant of Israel (B)shall do no unrighteousness
(C)And speak no lies,
Nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth;
For (D)they shall feed their flocks and lie down,
And no one shall make them afraid.”

Joy in God’s Faithfulness

14 (E)Sing, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O Israel!
Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
15 The Lord has taken away your judgments,
He has cast out your enemy.
(F)The King of Israel, the Lord, (G)is in your midst;
You shall [a]see disaster no more.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:15 So with Heb. mss., LXX, Bg.; MT, Vg. fear

13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

15 The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.

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