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Zephaniah 3:9

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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 

Zephaniah 3:13

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3:13 The Israelites who remain 4  will not act deceitfully.

They will not lie,

and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth.

Indeed, they will graze peacefully like sheep 5  and lie down;

no one will terrify them.”

Zephaniah 3:19

Context

3:19 Look, at that time I will deal with those who mistreated you.

I will rescue the lame sheep 6 

and gather together the scattered sheep.

I will take away their humiliation

and make the whole earth admire and respect them. 7 

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 Lord.”

3 tn Heb “so that [they] will serve him [with] one shoulder.”

4 tn Or “the remnant of Israel.”

5 tn The words “peacefully like sheep” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

6 tn The word “sheep” is supplied for clarification. As in Mic 4:6-7, the exiles are here pictured as injured and scattered sheep whom the divine shepherd rescues from danger.

7 tn Heb “I will make them into praise and a name, in all the earth, their shame.” The present translation assumes that “their shame” specifies “them” and that “name” stands here for a good reputation.



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