Zephaniah:3

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ylt @Zephaniah:3:1 @Wo [to ] the rebellious and polluted , The oppressing city ! ylt @Zephaniah:3:2 @She hath not hearkened to the voice , She hath not accepted instruction , In Jehovah she hath not trusted , Unto her God she hath not drawn near . ylt @Zephaniah:3:3 @Her heads in her midst [are ] roaring lions , Her judges [are ] evening wolves , They have not gnawn the bone in the morning . ylt @Zephaniah:3:4 @Her prophets unstable -- men of treachery , Her priests have polluted the sanctuary , They have violated the law . ylt @Zephaniah:3:5 @Jehovah [is ] righteous in her midst , He doth not do perverseness , Morning by morning His judgment he giveth to the light , It hath not been lacking , And the perverse doth not know shame . ylt @Zephaniah:3:6 @I have cut off nations , Desolated have been their chief ones , I have laid waste their out-places without any passing by , Destroyed have been their cities , Without man , without inhabitant . ylt @Zephaniah:3:7 @I have said : Only , ye do fear Me , Ye do accept instruction , And her habitation is not cut off , All that I have appointed for her , But they have risen early , They have corrupted all their doings . ylt @Zephaniah:3:8 @Therefore , wait for Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah , For the day of My rising for prey , For My judgment [is ] to gather nations , To assemble kingdoms , To pour out on them Mine indignation , All the heat of Mine anger , For by the fire of My jealousy consumed is all the earth . ylt @Zephaniah:3:9 @For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip , To call all of them by the name of Jehovah , To serve Him [with ] one shoulder . ylt @Zephaniah:3:10 @From beyond the rivers of Cush , my supplicants , The daughter of My scattered ones , Do bring My present . ylt @Zephaniah:3:11 @In that day thou art not ashamed because of any of thine actions , Wherewith thou hast transgressed against Me , For then do I turn aside from thy midst The exulting ones of thine excellency , And thou dost add no more to be haughty , In My holy mountain . ylt @Zephaniah:3:12 @And I have left in thy midst a people humble and poor , And they have trusted in the name of Jehovah . ylt @Zephaniah:3:13 @The remnant of Israel do no perversity , nor speak lies , Nor found in their mouth is a deceitful tongue , For they have delight , and have lain down , And there is none troubling . ylt @Zephaniah:3:14 @Cry aloud , O daughter of Zion , shout , O Israel , Rejoice and exult with the whole heart , O daughter of Jerusalem . ylt @Zephaniah:3:15 @Jehovah hath turned aside thy judgments , He hath faced thine enemy , The king of Israel , Jehovah , [is ] in thy midst , Thou seest evil no more . ylt @Zephaniah:3:16 @In that day it is said to Jerusalem , 'Fear not , O Zion , let not thy hands be feeble . ylt @Zephaniah:3:17 @Jehovah thy God [is ] in thy midst , A mighty one doth save , He rejoiceth over thee with joy , He doth work in His love , He joyeth over thee with singing .' ylt @Zephaniah:3:18 @Mine afflicted from the appointed place I have gathered , from thee they have been , Bearing for her sake reproach . ylt @Zephaniah:3:19 @Lo , I am dealing with all afflicting thee at that time , And I have saved the halting one , And the driven out ones I do gather , And have set them for a praise and for a name , In all the land of their shame . ylt @Zephaniah:3:20 @At that time I bring you in , Even at the time of My assembling you , For I give you for a name , and for a praise , Among all peoples of the land , In My turning back [to ] your captivity before your eyes , said Jehovah !

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