Zephaniah 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 

Ge 11:1; 1Ki 8:41-43; Ps 22:27; Ps 86:9,10; Ps 113:3; Isa 19:18; Jer 16:19; Hab 2:14; Zec 2:11; Zec 8:20-23; Zec 14:9; Mt 12:35; Ac 2:4-13; Ro 15:6-11; Eph 4:29; Re 11:15

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.”