3:9 Know for sure that I will then enable
the nations to give me acceptable praise. 1
All of them will invoke the Lord’s name when they pray, 2
and will worship him in unison. 3
3:11 In that day you 4 will not be ashamed of all your rebelliousness against me, 5
for then I will remove from your midst those who proudly boast, 6
and you will never again be arrogant on my holy hill.
1 tn Heb “Certainly [or perhaps, “For”] then I will restore to the nations a pure lip.”
sn I will then enable the nations to give me acceptable praise. This apparently refers to a time when the nations will reject their false idol-gods and offer genuine praise to the one true God.
2 tn Heb “so that all of them will call on the name of the
3 tn Heb “so that [they] will serve him [with] one shoulder.”
4 sn The second person verbs and pronouns are feminine singular, indicating that personified Jerusalem is addressed here.
5 tn Heb “In that day you not be ashamed because of all your actions, [in] which you rebelled against me.”
6 tn Heb “the arrogant ones of your pride.”