Zephaniah 3:12

So will I leave remaining in thy midst, a people oppressed and poor,—who will seek refuge in the name of Yahweh:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11In that day, wilt thou not turn pale for all thy deeds, wherein thou hast transgressed against me? For, then, will I take away out of thy midst thy proudly exulting ones, and thou shalt not again be haughty any more in my holy mountain:

13The remnant of Israel—will not do perversity, nor speak falsehood, neither shall there be found in their mouth a tongue of deceit,—surely, they, shall feed and lie down, with none to make them afraid.

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Cross References

Ezra 9:8And, now, for a very little moment, hath come favour from Yahweh our God, in leaving to us a remnant to escape, and in giving to us a nail in his holy place,—that our God may enlighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

Isaiah 6:13Yet still shall there be in it a tenth, Though it again be consumed,—Like an oak and like a terebinth Which when felled, have a stock in them, A holy seed, shall be the stock thereof.

Isaiah 29:19And again shall the humbled in Yahweh, have joy,—And the needy of mankind in the Holy One of Israel, exult;

Isaiah 61:1The spirit of My Lord Yahweh, is upon me,—Because Yahweh Hath anointed me to tell good tidings to the oppressed, Hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, To proclaim To captives, liberty, To them who are bound, the opening of the prison;

Jeremiah 50:20In those days and in that time, Declareth Yahweh, The iniquity of Israel, shall be sought, and there shall be none, And the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; For I will grant pardon to them whom I suffer to remain.

Micah 5:6Then shall they shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof,—So shall he deliver from Assyria, when he shall enter our land, and when he shall tread down within our bounds.

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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