Zephaniah 3
1599 Geneva Bible
3 4 Against the governors of Jerusalem. 8 Of the calling of all the Gentiles. 13 A comfort to the residue of Israel.
1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the robbing [a]city.
2 She heard not the voice: she received not correction: she trusted not in the Lord: she drew not near to her God.
3 Her princes within her are as roaring (A)lions: her judges are as (B)wolves in the evening, which [b]leave not the bones till the morrow.
4 Her prophets are light, and wicked persons: her priests have polluted the Sanctuary: they have wrested the Law.
5 The [c]just Lord is in the midst thereof: he will do none iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not: but the wicked will not learn to be ashamed.
6 I have [d]cut off the nations: their towers are desolate: I have made their streets waste, that none shall pass by, their cities are destroyed without man, and without inhabitant.
7 I said, surely thou wilt fear me: thou wilt receive instruction: so their dwelling should not be destroyed howsoever I visited them, but [e]they rose early, and corrupted all their works.
8 Therefore [f]wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for I am determined to gather the nations, and that I will assemble the kingdoms to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce wrath: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
9 Surely [g]then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord to serve him [h]with one consent.
10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, the [i]daughter of my dispersed, praying unto me, shall bring me an offering.
11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for [j]all thy works, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then will I take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice of thy pride, and thou shalt no more be proud of mine holy mountain.
12 Then will I leave in the midst of thee an humble and poor people: and they shall trust in the Name of the Lord.
13 The remnant of Israel shall do none iniquity, nor speak lies: neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall be fed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
14 Rejoice, O daughter Zion: be ye joyful, O Israel: be glad and rejoice with all thine heart, O daughter Jerusalem.
15 The Lord hath taken away thy [k]judgments: he hath cast out thine [l]enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord is in the midst of [m]thee: thou shalt see no more evil.
16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not, O Zion, let not thine hands be faint.
17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty: he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy: he will quiet himself in [n]his love: he will rejoice over thee with joy.
18 After a certain time will I gather the afflicted that were of thee, and them that bare the reproach for [o]it.
19 Behold, at that time I will bruise all that afflict thee, and I will [p]save her that halteth, and gather her that was cast out, and I will get them praise and fame in all the [q]lands of their shame.
20 At that time will I bring you again, and then will I gather you: for I will give you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 3:1 That is, Jerusalem.
- Zephaniah 3:3 They are so greedy that they eat up bones and all.
- Zephaniah 3:5 The wicked thus boasted that God was ever among them, but the Prophet answereth that that cannot excuse their wickedness: for God will not bear with their sins: yet that he did patiently abide and sent his Prophets continually to call them to repentance, but he profited nothing.
- Zephaniah 3:6 By the destruction of other nations he showeth that the Jews should have learned to fear God.
- Zephaniah 3:7 They were most earnest and ready to do wickedly.
- Zephaniah 3:8 Seeing ye will not repent, you shall look for my vengeance as well as other nations.
- Zephaniah 3:9 Lest any should think then that God’s glory should have perished when Judah was destroyed, he showeth that he will publish his grace through all the world.
- Zephaniah 3:9 Hebrew, with one shoulder, as Hos. 6:9.
- Zephaniah 3:10 That is, the Jews shall come as well as the Gentiles: which is to be understood under the time of the Gospel.
- Zephaniah 3:11 For they shall have full remission of their sins, and the hypocrites which boasted of the Temple, which was also thy pride in times past, shall be taken from thee.
- Zephaniah 3:15 That is, the punishment for thy sin.
- Zephaniah 3:15 As the Assyrians, Chaldeans, Egyptians and other nations.
- Zephaniah 3:15 To defend thee as by thy sins thou hast put him away, and left thyself naked, as Exod. 32:25.
- Zephaniah 3:17 Signifying, that God delighteth to show his love and great affection toward his Church.
- Zephaniah 3:18 That is, them that were had in hatred and reviled for the Church, and because of their religion.
- Zephaniah 3:19 I will deliver the Church, which now is afflicted, as Mic. 4:6.
- Zephaniah 3:19 As among the Assyrians and Chaldeans which did mock them and put them to shame.
西番雅书 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
耶路撒冷的败坏
3 这叛逆、污秽、充满压迫的城有祸了！
2 她不听命令，不受管教；
不倚靠耶和华，
不亲近她的上帝。
3 她的首领是咆哮的狮子，
她的审判官是夜间的豺狼，
不留一点猎物到天明。
4 她的先知是狂妄诡诈之徒，
她的祭司亵渎圣殿，违背律法。
5 但城中的耶和华是公义的，
祂绝不做不义之事。
祂每天早晨伸张正义，从不间断。
然而，不义之人却不知羞耻。
6 “我已消灭列国，
摧毁他们的城楼，
使他们的街道荒废，没有路人；
他们的城邑沦为废墟，杳无人迹，没有居民。
7 我以为这城一定会敬畏我，接受管教，
这样我就不必照所定的毁灭她。
然而，他们却更加热衷于犯罪作恶。
8 “因此，等着我吧，
等着我指控的那一天吧。
我已决定召集列国列邦，
向他们倾倒我的烈怒，
我的怒火必吞噬天下。
这是耶和华说的。
耶和华的拯救
9 “那时，我必洁净万民的口，
以便他们可以求告我的名，
同心合意地事奉我。
10 那些敬拜我的，
就是我那些分散的子民必从古实河对岸带着供物来献给我。
11 到那天，你必不再因背叛我而感到羞愧，
因为那时我必除掉你那里狂妄自大的人，
你在我的圣山上必不再高傲。
12 我必把谦卑贫苦的人留在你那里，
他们必投靠在我耶和华的名下。
13 以色列的余民必不再作恶，
撒谎或出诡诈之言。
他们吃喝躺卧，无人惊扰。”
欢乐之歌
14 锡安城[a]啊，歌唱吧！
以色列啊，欢呼吧！
耶路撒冷城啊，尽情地欢喜快乐吧！
15 耶和华已经撤销对你的刑罚，
赶走你的仇敌，
以色列的王耶和华与你同在，
你必不再惧怕灾祸。
16 到那天，耶路撒冷必听到这样的话：
“锡安啊，不要害怕！不要双手发软！
17 你的上帝耶和华与你同在，
祂是大能的拯救者，
祂必因你而欢喜快乐，欢然歌唱，
用祂的爱安慰你。”
18 “我必招聚你那里因不能守节期而忧愁的人，
使你不再蒙受羞辱。
19 看啊，那时我必惩罚所有欺压你的人，
拯救瘸腿的，召回分散的，
使他们的羞辱化为尊荣，声名远播。
20 那时，我必招聚你们，带你们回到故土。
你们回到故土后，
我必使你们在天下万民中声名远播，得到尊荣。”
这是耶和华说的。
Footnotes
- 3:14 “城”希伯来文是“女子”，可能是对锡安的昵称。
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