Zephaniah 3:8-13

Expanded Bible

⁸ Just ·wait [be patient],” says the Lord.
    “Someday I will stand up ·as a witness [to testify; or to plunder].
I have decided that I will gather nations
    and assemble kingdoms.
I will pour out my ·anger [wrath; indignation] on them,
    all my ·strong [fierce; burning] anger.
My anger will be like fire
    that will ·burn up [consume; devour] the whole world.

⁹ “Then I will ·give [restore to] the ·people of all nations [^Lnations] pure ·speech [^Llips; ^Cpure because they worship God instead of idols]
    so that all of them will ·speak [call on] the name of the Lord
    and worship me ·together [as one; side-by-side].
¹⁰ People will come from ·where the Nile River begins [^Lthe rivers of Cush/Ethiopia];
    my worshipers, ·my scattered people [^Lthe daughter of my dispersed ones] will come with ·gifts [offerings] for me.
¹¹ ·Then [^LOn that day] Jerusalem will not be ashamed
    of the ·wrongs [rebellious deeds] done against me,
because I will remove from this city
    those who ·like to brag [arrogantly boast];
there will never be any more ·proud people [haughty]
    on my holy ·mountain in Jerusalem [^Lmountain; hill; ^CZion, the location of the Temple].
¹² But I will leave in ·the city [^Lyour midst]
    the humble and ·those who are not proud [meek; lowly],
    and they will ·trust [or find refuge] in the [^Lname of the] Lord.
¹³ ·Those who are left alive in [^LThe remnant of] Israel won’t do wrong or tell lies;
    ·they won’t trick people with their words [No deceitful tongue will be found in their mouth].
They will ·eat [or graze; feed their flocks] and lie down
    with no one to make them afraid.”