Zephaniah 3:8-13

8 Therefore wait for me,” declares the LORD, “for the day I will stand up to testify.[a]I have decided to assemble the nations, to gather the kingdoms and to pour out my wrath on them— all my fierce anger. The whole world will be consumed 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 on the name of the LORDand serve him shoulder to shoulder.
10 From beyond the rivers of Cush[b] my worshipers, my scattered people, will bring me offerings.
11 On that day you, Jerusalem, will not be put to shame for all the wrongs you have done to me, because I will remove from you your arrogant boasters. Never again will you be haughty on my holy hill.
12 But I will leave within you the meek and humble. The remnant of Israel will trust in the name of the LORD.
13 They will do no wrong; they will tell no lies. A deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouths. They will eat and lie down and no one will make them afraid.”

Cross References 23

  • 1. S Psalms 27:14
  • 2. S Joel 3:11
  • 3. S Isaiah 2:3; Joel 3:2
  • 4. Psalms 79:6; Revelation 16:1
  • 5. S Jeremiah 10:25; S Lamentations 4:11
  • 6. S Zephaniah 1:18
  • 7. S Zephaniah 2:11
  • 8. S Genesis 4:26
  • 9. S Isaiah 19:18
  • 10. S Genesis 10:6; S Psalms 68:31
  • 11. S 2 Chronicles 32:23; S Isaiah 60:7
  • 12. S Isaiah 29:22; S Joel 2:26-27
  • 13. S Genesis 50:15
  • 14. S Psalms 59:12
  • 15. S Exodus 15:17; S Leviticus 26:19
  • 16. Isaiah 14:32
  • 17. S Jeremiah 29:12; Nahum 1:7
  • 18. S Isaiah 10:21; Micah 4:7
  • 19. Psalms 119:3; S Isaiah 4:3
  • 20. S Jeremiah 33:16; Revelation 14:5
  • 21. S Job 16:17
  • 22. Ezekiel 34:15; Zephaniah 2:7
  • 23. S Leviticus 26:6; S Ezekiel 34:25-28

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew "will rise up to plunder"
  • [b]. That is, the upper Nile region
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