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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 (A)wait for me,” declares the Lord,
    “for the day when I rise up to seize the prey.
For my decision is (B)to gather nations,
    to assemble kingdoms,
to pour out upon them my indignation,
    all my burning anger;
for in the fire of my jealousy
    (C)all the earth shall be consumed.

The Conversion of the Nations

“For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples
    to (D)a pure speech,
that all of them may call upon the name of the Lord
    and serve him with one accord.
10 (E)From beyond the rivers (F)of Cush
    my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones,
    shall bring my offering.

11 (G)“On that day (H)you shall not be put to shame
    because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;
for then (I)I will remove from your midst
    your proudly exultant ones,
and (J)you shall no longer be haughty
    in my holy mountain.
12 But I will leave in your midst
    a people (K)humble and lowly.
(L)They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,
13     (M)those who are left in Israel;
they (N)shall do no injustice
    and speak no lies,
(O)nor shall there be found in their mouth
    a deceitful tongue.
(P)For they shall graze and lie down,
    and none shall make them afraid.”

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