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Israel’s Future Joys

14 “Sing aloud, daughter of Zion!
    Shout out, Israel!
        Rejoice with all of your heart, daughter of Jerusalem!
15 The Lord has acquitted you;[a]
    turning back your adversaries.
Israel’s king, the Lord, is among you;
    you will not fear disaster anymore.

16 “When all of this happens,[b] it will be told Jerusalem,
    ‘Don’t be afraid!”
and to Zion,
    ‘Don’t lose courage!”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:15 Lit. has withdrawn your judgments
  2. Zephaniah 3:16 Lit. In that day
  3. Zephaniah 3:16 Lit. Don’t let your hands drop

14 Sing, Daughter Zion;(A)
    shout aloud,(B) Israel!
Be glad and rejoice(C) with all your heart,
    Daughter Jerusalem!
15 The Lord has taken away your punishment,
    he has turned back your enemy.
The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you;(D)
    never again will you fear(E) any harm.(F)
16 On that day
    they will say to Jerusalem,
“Do not fear, Zion;
    do not let your hands hang limp.(G)

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