Zephaniah - Chapter 3 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 1. Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
  • 2. She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
  • 3. Her princes within her {cf15I are} roaring lions; her judges {cf15I are} evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
  • 4. Her prophets {cf15I are} light {cf15I and} treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
  • 5. The just LORD {cf15I is} in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
  • 6. I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
  • 7. I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, {cf15I and} corrupted all their doings.
  • 8. Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination {cf15I is} to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, {cf15I even} all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
  • 9. For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
  • 10. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, {cf15I even} the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
  • 11. In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
  • 12. I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
  • 13. The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make {cf15I them} afraid.
  • 14. Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
  • 15. The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, {cf15I even} the LORD, {cf15I is} in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
  • 16. In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: {cf15I and to} Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
  • 17. The LORD thy God in the midst of thee {cf15I is} mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
  • 18. I will gather {cf15I them that are} sorrowful for the solemn assembly, {cf15I who} are of thee, {cf15I to whom} the reproach of it {cf15I was} a burden.
  • 19. Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
  • 20. At that time will I bring you {cf15I again}, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.
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