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Yahweh Will Pour Out His Anger

“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.
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.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:9 Lit with one shoulder
  2. Zephaniah 3:10 Or Cush, cf. Gen 10:6
  3. Zephaniah 3:10 Or suppliants
  4. Zephaniah 3:10 Lit the daughter of My scattered ones
  5. Zephaniah 3:12 Or humble, afflicted

Therefore, wait for me, says the Lord,
        wait for the day when I rise up as a witness,[a]
        when I decide to gather nations,
                to collect kingdoms,
            to pour out my indignation upon them,
                all the heat of my anger.
        In the fire of my jealousy,
            all the earth will be devoured.

Restoration of the nations and Jerusalem

Then I will change the speech of the peoples into pure speech,
        that all of them will call on the name of the Lord
        and will serve him as one.[b]
10 From beyond the rivers of Cush,
        my daughter, my dispersed ones, will bring me offerings.
11 On that day, you won’t be ashamed of all your deeds
        with which you sinned against me;
            then I will remove from your midst those boasting with pride.
No longer will you be haughty on my holy mountain,
12     but I will cause a humble and powerless people to remain in your midst;
        they will seek refuge in the name of the Lord.
13 The few remaining from Israel won’t commit injustice;
        they won’t tell lies;
        a deceitful tongue won’t be found on their lips.
            They will graze and lie down;
                no one will make them afraid.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:8 LXX; MT it
  2. Zephaniah 3:9 Or with one shoulder