C.
On Israel
3:1-7
Zeph. 3
:1
3:1
Woe to the
1rebellious and defiled one,
To the oppressing city!
Zeph. 3
:2
3:2
She has
anot 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
3:3
Her princes in the midst of her
Are roaring lions.
Her judges are wolves of the evening;
They have left nothing until the morning.
Zeph. 3
:4
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
3:5
Jehovah is righteous in the
amidst of her;
He does no wrong;
Morning by morning He
bbrings His justice to light;
He does not fail; but he who is wrong knows no shame.
Zeph. 3
:6
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
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 corrupt
All their deeds.
D.
On all the nations
3:8
Zeph. 3
:8
3:8
Therefore await 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
bfire of My jealousy
All the earth will be devoured.
III.
Jehovah's salvation
3:9-20
A.
To the Gentiles
v. 9
Zeph. 3
:9
3:9
For then I will change
the language of the peoples
Into a
1pure alanguage That they may all call upon the name of Jehovah,
To
bserve Him with one
2accord.
B.
To Israel
vv. 10-20
Zeph. 3
:10
3:10
From beyond the rivers of
1Cush my suppliants,
The daughter of My dispersed, will bring My meal offering.
Zeph. 3
:11
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 midst
Those who exult in your majesty,
And you will never again be haughty
On My holy mountain.
Zeph. 3
:12
3:12
And I will leave in the midst of you
An afflicted and poor people,
And they will take refuge in the name of Jehovah.
Zeph. 3
:13
3:13
The remnant of Israel will not do wrong;
And they will not speak lies,
Nor will there be found in their mouth
A deceitful tongue;
For they will have pasture and lie down,
And there will be no one to frighten
them
Zeph. 3
:14
3:14
Give a
aringing shout, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
Zeph. 3
:15
3:15
Jehovah has taken away your judgments;
He has turned aside your
1enemy.
The
2King of Israel, Jehovah, is in the
amidst of you;
You will not
3see evil again.
Zeph. 3
:16
3:16
In that day it will be said to Jerusalem,
Fear not, O Zion;
Let not your hands drop.
Zeph. 3
:17
3:17
Jehovah your God in the midst of you
Is a mighty One who saves;
He will be jubilant over you with
arejoicing;
He will rest in His love;
He will exult over you with a ringing shout.
Zeph. 3
:18
3:18
I will gather those who mourn for the appointed assembly,
Who were of you.
The reproach was a burden upon
1them.
Zeph. 3
:19
3:19
Indeed at that time
I 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 name
In every land where their shame had been.
Zeph. 3
:20
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 praise
Among all the peoples of the earth,
When I
aturn again your captivity before your eyes,
Says Jehovah.
