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Zeph.|3:1|-|Woe to the |1|rebellious and defiled one,To the oppressing city!
Zeph.|3:2|-|She has |a|not listened to the voice;She has not taken the correction.
She has not trusted in Jehovah;She has not drawn near to her God.
Zeph.|3:3|-|Her princes in the midst of herAre roaring lions.
Her judges are wolves of the evening;They have left nothing until the morning.
Zeph.|3:4|-|Her prophets are vainglorious;They are men of treachery.
Her priests have defiled the sanctuary;They have done violence to the law.
Zeph.|3:5|-|Jehovah is righteous in the |a|midst of her;He does no wrong;
Morning by morning He |b|brings His justice to light;He does not fail; but he who is wrong knows no shame.
Zeph.|3:6|-|I have cut off nations;Their battlements are desolated;
I have made their streets a waste,So that no one passes through;
Their cities are destroyed,So that there is no one,
So that there is no inhabitant.
Zeph.|3:7|-|I said, Only fear Me;Take the correction;
That her habitation might not be cut off,According to all that I have appointed concerning her.
But they rose up early to corruptAll their deeds.
Zeph.|3:8|-|Therefore |a|wait on Me, declares Jehovah,For the day when I rise up to the prey.
For My decision is to assemble the nations,To gather kingdoms together,
That I may pour out upon them My wrath,All My burning anger;
For in the |b|fire of My jealousyAll the earth will be devoured.
Zeph.|3:9|-|For then I will change the language of the peoplesInto a |1|pure |a|language
That they may all call upon the name of Jehovah,To |b|serve Him with one |2|accord.
Zeph.|3:10|-|From beyond the rivers of |1|Cush my suppliants,The daughter of My dispersed, will bring My meal offering.
Zeph.|3:11|-|In that day you will not be put to shame because of all your deeds,By which you have transgressed against Me;
For then I will take away from your midstThose who exult in your majesty,
And you will never again be haughtyOn My holy mountain.
Zeph.|3:12|-|And I will leave in the midst of youAn afflicted and poor people,
And they will take refuge in the name of Jehovah.
Zeph.|3:13|-|The remnant of Israel will not do wrong;And they will not speak lies,
Nor will there be found in their mouthA deceitful tongue;
For they will have pasture and lie down,And there will be no one to frighten them.
Zeph.|3:14|-|Give a |a|ringing shout, O daughter of Zion!Shout in triumph, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,O daughter of Jerusalem!
Zeph.|3:15|-|Jehovah has taken away your judgments;He has turned aside your |1|enemy.
The |2|King of Israel, Jehovah, is in the |a|midst of you;You will not |3|see evil again.
Zeph.|3:16|-|In that day it will be said to Jerusalem,Fear not, O Zion;
Let not your hands drop.
Zeph.|3:17|-|Jehovah your God in the midst of youIs a mighty One who saves;
He will be jubilant over you with |a|rejoicing;He will rest in His love;
He will exult over you with a ringing shout.
Zeph.|3:18|-|I will gather those who mourn for the appointed assembly,Who were of you.
The reproach was a burden upon |1|them.
Zeph.|3:19|-|Indeed at that timeI will deal with all who afflict you;
And I will save that which is lame,And that which has been driven away I will gather.
And I will make them a praise and a nameIn every land where their shame had been.
Zeph.|3:20|-|At that time I will bring you in,And at that time I will gather you;
For I will cause you to be a name and a praiseAmong all the peoples of the earth,
When I |a|turn again your captivity before your eyes,Says Jehovah.
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