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Zephaniah 3 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1 - Alas the glorious and ransomed city.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:2 - The dove hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord, and she drew not near to her God.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:3 - Her princes within her were as roaring lions, her judges as the wolves of Arabia; they remained not till the morrow.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:4 - Her prophets are light and scornful men: her priests profane the holy things, and sinfully transgress the law.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:5 - But the just Lord is in the midst of her, and he will never do an unjust thing: morning by morning he will bring out his judgment to the light, and it is not hidden, and he knows not injustice by extortion, nor injustice in strife.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - I have brought down the proud with destruction; their corners are destroyed: I will make their ways completely waste, so that none shall go through: their cities are come to an end, by reason of no man living or dwelling in them.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:7 - I said, But do ye fear me, and receive instruction, and ye shall not be cut off from the face of the land for all the vengeance I have brought upon her: prepare thou, rise early: all their produce is spoilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:8 - Therefore wait upon me, saith the Lord, until the day when I rise up for a witness: because my judgment shall be on the gatherings of the nations, to draw to me kings, to pour out upon them all my fierce anger: for the whole earth shall be consumed with the fire of my jealousy.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9 - For then will I turn to the peoples a tongue for her generation, that all may call on the name of the Lord, to serve him under one yoke.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:10 - From the boundaries of the rivers of Ethiopia will I receive my dispersed ones; they shall offer sacrifices to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:11 - In that day thou shalt not be ashamed of all thy practices, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then will I take away from thee thy disdainful pride, and thou shalt no more magnify thyself upon my holy mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:12 - And I will leave in thee a meek and lowly people;
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:13 - and the remnant of Israel shall fear the name of the Lord, and shall do no iniquity, neither shall they speak vanity; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed, and lie down, and there shall be none to terrify them.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:14 - Rejoice, O daughter of Sion; cry aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; rejoice and delight thyself with all thine heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:15 - The Lord has taken away thine iniquities, he has ransomed thee from the hand of thine enemies: the Lord, the King of Israel, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:16 - At that time the Lord shall say to Jerusalem, Be of good courage, Sion; let not thine hands be slack.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:17 - The Lord thy God is in thee; the Mighty One shall save thee: he shall bring joy upon thee, and shall refresh thee with his love; and he shall rejoice over thee with delight as in a day of feasting.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:18 - And I will gather thine afflicted ones. Alas! who has taken up a reproach against her?
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:19 - Behold, I will work in thee for thy sake at that time, saith the Lord: and I will save her that was oppressed, and receive her that was rejected; and I will make them a praise, and honoured in all the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:20 - And their enemies shall be ashamed at that time, when I shall deal well with you, and at the time when I shall receive you: for I will make you honoured and a praise among all the nations of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before you, saith the Lord.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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