“Therefore (A)wait for Me,” declares the Lord,
“For the day when I rise up as a witness.
Indeed, My decision is to (B)gather nations,
To assemble kingdoms,
To pour out on them My indignation,
All My burning anger;
For (C)all the earth will be devoured
By the fire of My zeal.
“For then I will [a]give to the peoples (D)purified lips,
That all of them may (E)call on the name of the Lord,
To serve Him [b]shoulder to shoulder.
10 “From beyond the rivers of (F)Ethiopia
My [c]worshipers, [d]My dispersed ones,
Will (G)bring My offerings.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:9 Lit change
  2. Zephaniah 3:9 Lit with one shoulder
  3. Zephaniah 3:10 Or suppliants
  4. Zephaniah 3:10 Lit the daughter of My dispersed ones