Zephaniah 3:9

For then I will purify the lips of all peoples, so that they will all call on the Lord’s name, to serve him with one accord.

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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

8Wait for me, is the Lord’s message, until the day when I stand up as a witness, for it is my fixed purpose to gather the nations, to collect the kingdoms, to pour upon them my wrath and my hot anger; for by the fire of my fury will all the earth be consumed.

10From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers will bring me offerings.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:1All the inhabitants of the earth had one language and vocabulary;

Psalms 22:27All will call it to mind, to the ends of the earth, and turn to the Lord; and all tribes of the nations will bow down before you.

Psalms 113:3From sunrise to sunset is the name of the Lord to be praised.

Zephaniah 2:11The Lord will terrify them; he will reduce all the gods of the earth; then all the peoples of the nations will worship him, each in their own land.

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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