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Yahweh declares, “Just wait!
    One day I will stand up as a witness.
    I have decided to gather nations,
        to bring kingdoms together,
            and to pour my rage, my burning anger, on them.
    The whole land will be consumed by my fiery fury.

Israel Will Turn Away from Sin

“Then I will give all people pure lips
    to worship Yahweh
        and to serve him with one purpose.
10 From beyond the rivers of Sudan
    my worshipers, my scattered people, will bring my offering.

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Therefore wait(A) for me,”
    declares the Lord,
    “for the day I will stand up to testify.[a]
I have decided to assemble(B) the nations,(C)
    to gather the kingdoms
and to pour out my wrath(D) on them—
    all my fierce anger.(E)
The whole world will be consumed(F)
    by the fire of my jealous anger.

Restoration of Israel’s Remnant

“Then I will purify the lips of the peoples,
    that all of them may call(G) on the name of the Lord(H)
    and serve(I) him shoulder to shoulder.
10 From beyond the rivers of Cush[b](J)
    my worshipers, my scattered people,
    will bring me offerings.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:8 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew will rise up to plunder
  2. Zephaniah 3:10 That is, the upper Nile region