Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a Mighty One who will save; He will rejoice over thee with joy, He will be silent in His love, He will joy over thee with singing.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
16In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: 'Fear thou not; O Zion, let not thy hands be slack.
Cross References
Genesis 1:31And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 17:1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him: 'I am God Almighty; walk before Me, and be thou wholehearted.
Numbers 14:8If the LORD delight in us, then He will bring us into this land, and give it unto us — a land which floweth with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 30:9And the LORD thy God will make thee over-abundant in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good; for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers;
Psalms 78:65Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, like a mighty man recovering from wine.
Psalms 149:4For the LORD taketh pleasure in His people; He adorneth the humble with salvation.
Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 3:15-20
Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 612.) 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 15 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. 16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. 17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with… Read the whole commentary →