Apologetics Bible

Zephaniah 3:1

Hebrew

הוֹי מֹרְאָה וְנִגְאָלָה הָעִיר הַיּוֹנָֽה׃

hvoy-more'ah-venige'alah-ha'iyr-hayvonah

KJV: Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

AKJV: Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

ASV: Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city!

YLT: Woe to the rebellious and polluted, The oppressing city!

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:2

Hebrew

לֹא שָֽׁמְעָה בְּקוֹל לֹא לָקְחָה מוּסָר בַּֽיהוָה לֹא בָטָחָה אֶל־אֱלֹהֶיהָ לֹא קָרֵֽבָה׃

lo'-shame'ah-veqvol-lo'-laqechah-mvsar-vayhvah-lo'-vatachah-'el-'eloheyha-lo'-qarevah

KJV: She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

AKJV: She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

ASV: She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God.

YLT: She hath not hearkened to the voice, She hath not accepted instruction, In Jehovah she hath not trusted, Unto her God she hath not drawn near.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:3

Hebrew

שָׂרֶיהָ בְקִרְבָּהּ אֲרָיוֹת שֹֽׁאֲגִים שֹׁפְטֶיהָ זְאֵבֵי עֶרֶב לֹא גָרְמוּ לַבֹּֽקֶר׃

shareyha-veqirevah-'arayvot-sho'agiym-shofeteyha-ze'evey-'erev-lo'-garemv-lavoqer

KJV: Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

AKJV: Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

ASV: Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.

YLT: Her heads in her midst are roaring lions, Her judges are evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:4

Hebrew

נְבִיאֶיהָ פֹּֽחֲזִים אַנְשֵׁי בֹּֽגְדוֹת כֹּהֲנֶיהָ חִלְּלוּ־קֹדֶשׁ חָמְסוּ תּוֹרָֽה׃

neviy'eyha-fochaziym-'aneshey-vogedvot-khohaneyha-chilelv-qodesh-chamesv-tvorah

KJV: Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

AKJV: Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

ASV: Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

YLT: Her prophets unstable--men of treachery, Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have violated the law.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:5

Hebrew

יְהוָה צַדִּיק בְּקִרְבָּהּ לֹא יַעֲשֶׂה עַוְלָה בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר מִשְׁפָּטוֹ יִתֵּן לָאוֹר לֹא נֶעְדָּר וְלֹֽא־יוֹדֵעַ עַוָּל בֹּֽשֶׁת׃

yehvah-tzadiyq-veqirevah-lo'-ya'asheh-'avelah-vavoqer-vavoqer-mishefatvo-yiten-la'vor-lo'-ne'edar-velo'-yvode'a-'aval-voshet

KJV: The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

AKJV: The just LORD is in the middle thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning does he bring his judgment to light, he fails not; but the unjust knows no shame.

ASV: Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

YLT: Jehovah is righteous in her midst, He doth not do perverseness, Morning by morning His judgment he giveth to the light, It hath not been lacking, And the perverse doth not know shame.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:6

Hebrew

הִכְרַתִּי גוֹיִם נָשַׁמּוּ פִּנּוֹתָם הֶחֱרַבְתִּי חֽוּצוֹתָם מִבְּלִי עוֹבֵר נִצְדּוּ עָרֵיהֶם מִבְּלִי־אִישׁ מֵאֵין יוֹשֵֽׁב׃

hikheratiy-gvoyim-nashamv-finvotam-hecheravetiy-chvtzvotam-miveliy-'vover-nitzedv-'areyhem-miveliy-'iysh-me'eyn-yvoshev

KJV: I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

AKJV: I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passes by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

ASV: I have cut off nations; their battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.

YLT: I have cut off nations, Desolated have been their chief ones, I have laid waste their out-places without any passing by, Destroyed have been their cities, Without man, without inhabitant.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:7

Hebrew

אָמַרְתִּי אַךְ־תִּירְאִי אוֹתִי תִּקְחִי מוּסָר וְלֹֽא־יִכָּרֵת מְעוֹנָהּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־פָּקַדְתִּי עָלֶיהָ אָכֵן הִשְׁכִּימוּ הִשְׁחִיתוּ כֹּל עֲלִילוֹתָֽם׃

'amaretiy-'akhe-tiyre'iy-'votiy-tiqechiy-mvsar-velo'-yikharet-me'vonah-khol-'asher-faqadetiy-'aleyha-'akhen-hishekhiymv-hishechiytv-khol-'aliylvotam

KJV: I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.

AKJV: I said, Surely you will fear me, you will receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. ¶

ASV: I said, Only fear thou me; receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings.

YLT: I have said: Only, ye do fear Me, Ye do accept instruction, And her habitation is not cut off, All that I have appointed for her, But they have risen early, They have corrupted all their doings.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:8

Hebrew

לָכֵן חַכּוּ־לִי נְאֻם־יְהוָה לְיוֹם קוּמִי לְעַד כִּי מִשְׁפָּטִי לֶאֱסֹף גּוֹיִם לְקָבְצִי מַמְלָכוֹת לִשְׁפֹּךְ עֲלֵיהֶם זַעְמִי כֹּל חֲרוֹן אַפִּי כִּי בְּאֵשׁ קִנְאָתִי תֵּאָכֵל כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

lakhen-chakhv-liy-ne'um-yehvah-leyvom-qvmiy-le'ad-khiy-mishefatiy-le'esof-gvoyim-leqavetziy-mamelakhvot-lishefokhe-'aleyhem-za'emiy-khol-charvon-'afiy-khiy-ve'esh-qine'atiy-te'akhel-khal-ha'aretz

KJV: Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

AKJV: Therefore wait you on me, says the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

ASV: Therefore wait ye for me, saith Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

YLT: Therefore, wait for Me--an affirmation of Jehovah, For the day of My rising for prey, For My judgment is to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them Mine indignation, All the heat of Mine anger, For by the fire of My jealousy consumed is all the earth.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fie...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:9

Hebrew

כִּֽי־אָז אֶהְפֹּךְ אֶל־עַמִּים שָׂפָה בְרוּרָה לִקְרֹא כֻלָּם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה לְעָבְדוֹ שְׁכֶם אֶחָֽד׃

khiy-'az-'ehefokhe-'el-'amiym-shafah-vervrah-liqero'-khulam-veshem-yehvah-le'avedvo-shekhem-'echad

KJV: For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

AKJV: For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call on the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

ASV: For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.

YLT: For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip, To call all of them by the name of Jehovah, To serve Him with one shoulder.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:10

Hebrew

מֵעֵבֶר לְנַֽהֲרֵי־כוּשׁ עֲתָרַי בַּת־פוּצַי יוֹבִלוּן מִנְחָתִֽי׃

me'ever-lenaharey-khvsh-'ataray-vat-fvtzay-yvovilvn-minechatiy

KJV: From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

AKJV: From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring my offering.

ASV: From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

YLT: From beyond the rivers of Cush, my supplicants, The daughter of My scattered ones, Do bring My present.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:11

Hebrew

בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֹא תֵבוֹשִׁי מִכֹּל עֲלִילֹתַיִךְ אֲשֶׁר פָּשַׁעַתְּ בִּי כִּי־אָז ׀ אָסִיר מִקִּרְבֵּךְ עַלִּיזֵי גַּאֲוָתֵךְ וְלֹֽא־תוֹסִפִי לְגָבְהָה עוֹד בְּהַר קָדְשִֽׁי׃

vayvom-hahv'-lo'-tevvoshiy-mikhol-'aliylotayikhe-'asher-fasha'ate-viy-khiy-'az- -'asiyr-miqirevekhe-'aliyzey-ga'avatekhe-velo'-tvosifiy-legavehah-'vod-vehar-qadeshiy

KJV: In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.

AKJV: In that day shall you not be ashamed for all your doings, wherein you have transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the middle of you them that rejoice in your pride, and you shall no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.

ASV: In that day shalt thou not be put to shame for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proudly exulting ones, and thou shalt no more be haughty in my holy mountain.

YLT: In that day thou art not ashamed because of any of thine actions, Wherewith thou hast transgressed against Me, For then do I turn aside from thy midst The exulting ones of thine excellency, And thou dost add no more to be haughty, In My holy mountain.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:12

Hebrew

וְהִשְׁאַרְתִּי בְקִרְבֵּךְ עַם עָנִי וָדָל וְחָסוּ בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה׃

vehishe'aretiy-veqirevekhe-'am-'aniy-vadal-vechasv-veshem-yehvah

KJV: I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.

AKJV: I will also leave in the middle of you an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.

ASV: But I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall take refuge in the name of Jehovah.

YLT: And I have left in thy midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the name of Jehovah.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:13

Hebrew

שְׁאֵרִית יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹֽא־יַעֲשׂוּ עַוְלָה וְלֹא־יְדַבְּרוּ כָזָב וְלֹֽא־יִמָּצֵא בְּפִיהֶם לְשׁוֹן תַּרְמִית כִּֽי־הֵמָּה יִרְעוּ וְרָבְצוּ וְאֵין מַחֲרִֽיד׃

she'eriyt-yishera'el-lo'-ya'ashv-'avelah-velo'-yedaverv-khazav-velo'-yimatze'-vefiyhem-leshvon-taremiyt-khiy-hemah-yire'v-veravetzv-ve'eyn-machariyd

KJV: The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

AKJV: The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. ¶

ASV: The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

YLT: The remnant of Israel do no perversity, nor speak lies, Nor found in their mouth is a deceitful tongue, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:14

Hebrew

רָנִּי בַּת־צִיּוֹן הָרִיעוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל שִׂמְחִי וְעָלְזִי בְּכָל־לֵב בַּת יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

raniy-vat-tziyvon-hariy'v-yishera'el-shimechiy-ve'aleziy-vekhal-lev-vat-yervshalaim

KJV: Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

AKJV: Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

ASV: Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

YLT: Cry aloud, O daughter of Zion, shout, O Israel, Rejoice and exult with the whole heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:15

Hebrew

הֵסִיר יְהוָה מִשְׁפָּטַיִךְ פִּנָּה אֹֽיְבֵךְ מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל ׀ יְהוָה בְּקִרְבֵּךְ לֹא־תִֽירְאִי רָע עֽוֹד׃

hesiyr-yehvah-mishefatayikhe-finah-'oyevekhe-melekhe-yishera'el- -yehvah-veqirevekhe-lo'-tiyre'iy-ra'-'vod

KJV: The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.

AKJV: The LORD has taken away your judgments, he has cast out your enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the middle of you: you shall not see evil any more.

ASV: Jehovah hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the King of Israel, even Jehovah, is in the midst of thee; thou shalt not fear evil any more.

YLT: Jehovah hath turned aside thy judgments, He hath faced thine enemy, The king of Israel, Jehovah, is in thy midst, Thou seest evil no more.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:16

Hebrew

בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יֵאָמֵר לִירֽוּשָׁלַ͏ִם אַל־תִּירָאִי צִיּוֹן אַל־יִרְפּוּ יָדָֽיִךְ׃

vayvom-hahv'-ye'amer-liyrvshalaim-'al-tiyra'iy-tziyvon-'al-yirefv-yadayikhe

KJV: In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

AKJV: In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear you not: and to Zion, Let not your hands be slack.

ASV: In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not; O Zion, let not thy hands be slack.

YLT: In that day it is said to Jerusalem, `Fear not, O Zion, let not thy hands be feeble.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:17

Hebrew

יְהוָה אֱלֹהַיִךְ בְּקִרְבֵּך גִּבּוֹר יוֹשִׁיעַ יָשִׂישׂ עָלַיִךְ בְּשִׂמְחָה יַחֲרִישׁ בְּאַהֲבָתוֹ יָגִיל עָלַיִךְ בְּרִנָּֽה׃

yehvah-'elohayikhe-veqirevekh-givvor-yvoshiy'a-yashiysh-'alayikhe-veshimechah-yachariysh-ve'ahavatvo-yagiyl-'alayikhe-verinah

KJV: The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

AKJV: The LORD your God in the middle of you is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over you with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over you with singing.

ASV: Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

YLT: Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:18

Hebrew

נוּגֵי מִמּוֹעֵד אָסַפְתִּי מִמֵּךְ הָיוּ מַשְׂאֵת עָלֶיהָ חֶרְפָּֽה׃

nvgey-mimvo'ed-'asafetiy-mimekhe-hayv-mashe'et-'aleyha-cherefah

KJV: I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

AKJV: I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of you, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

ASV: I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee; to whom the burden upon her was a reproach.

YLT: Mine afflicted from the appointed place I have gathered, from thee they have been, Bearing for her sake reproach.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:19

Hebrew

הִנְנִי עֹשֶׂה אֶת־כָּל־מְעַנַּיִךְ בָּעֵת הַהִיא וְהוֹשַׁעְתִּי אֶת־הַצֹּלֵעָה וְהַנִּדָּחָה אֲקַבֵּץ וְשַׂמְתִּים לִתְהִלָּה וּלְשֵׁם בְּכָל־הָאָרֶץ בָּשְׁתָּֽם׃

hineniy-'osheh-'et-khal-me'anayikhe-va'et-hahiy'-vehvosha'etiy-'et-hatzole'ah-vehanidachah-'aqavetz-veshametiym-litehilah-vleshem-vekhal-ha'aretz-vashetam

KJV: Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.

AKJV: Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict you: and I will save her that halts, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.

ASV: Behold, at that time I will deal with all them that afflict thee; and I will save that which is lame, and gather that which was driven away; and I will make them a praise and a name, whose shame hath been in all the earth.

YLT: Lo, I am dealing with all afflicting thee at that time, And I have saved the halting one, And the driven out ones I do gather, And have set them for a praise and for a name, In all the land of their shame.

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Zephaniah 3:20

Hebrew

בָּעֵת הַהִיא אָבִיא אֶתְכֶם וּבָעֵת קַבְּצִי אֶתְכֶם כִּֽי־אֶתֵּן אֶתְכֶם לְשֵׁם וְלִתְהִלָּה בְּכֹל עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ בְּשׁוּבִי אֶת־שְׁבוּתֵיכֶם לְעֵינֵיכֶם אָמַר יְהוָֽה׃ 53 3 4 4

va'et-hahiy'-'aviy'-'etekhem-vva'et-qavetziy-'etekhem-khiy-'eten-'etekhem-leshem-velitehilah-vekhol-'amey-ha'aretz-veshvviy-'et-shevvteykhem-le'eyneykhem-'amar-yehvah

KJV: At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.

AKJV: At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, said the LORD.

ASV: At that time will I bring you in, and at that time will I gather you; for I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I bring back your captivity before your eyes, saith Jehovah.

YLT: At that time I bring you in, Even at the time of My assembling you, For I give you for a name, and for a praise, Among all peoples of the land, In My turning back to your captivity before your eyes, said Jehovah!

Exposition: Zephaniah 3:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.