Zephaniah 3:16
At that time the Lord shall say to Jerusalem, Be of good courage, Sion; let not your hands be slack.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
In Context
Cross References
Job 4:3For whereas you have instructed many, and have strengthened the hands of the weak one,
Isaiah 35:4Comfort one another, you⌃ faint-hearted; be strong, fear not; behold, our God renders judgment, and he will render it; he will come and save us.
Isaiah 41:10Fear not; for I am with you: wander not; for I am your God, who have strengthened you; and I have helped you, and have established you with my just right hand.
Isaiah 43:1And now thus says the Lord God that made you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name; you are mine.
Isaiah 54:4Fear not, because you have been put to shame, neither be confounded, because you were reproached: for you shall forget your + 54:4 Gr. ancient Or. everlasting former shame, and shall no more at all remember the reproach of your widowhood.
Haggai 2:4Who is there of you that saw this house in her former glory? and how do you⌃ now look upon it, as it were + 2:4 Gr. not existing. nothing before your eyes?
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 →