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Zephaniah 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.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8Therefore 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.

10From the boundaries of the rivers of Ethiopia will I receive my dispersed ones; they shall offer sacrifices to me.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:1And all the earth was one lip, and there was one language to all.

Psalms 113:3The sea saw and fled: 1 Jordan was turned back. 1

Isaiah 19:18In that day there shall be five cities in Egypt speaking the language of Canaan, and swearing by the name of the Lord of hosts; one city shall be called the city of Asedec.

Ezekiel 37:17And thou shalt join them together for thyself, so as that they should bind themselves into one stick; and they shall be in thy hand.

Zephaniah 2:11The Lord shall appear against them, and shall utterly destroy all the gods of the nations of the earth; and they shall worship him every one from his place, even all the islands of the nations.

Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 3:9-14

Judgment and Mercy; Promises of Mercy. ( b. c. 612.) 8 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. 9 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. 10 From beyond the rivers of… Read the whole commentary →

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