Zephaniah 3:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.”
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““I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee; to whom the burden upon her was a reproach.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Mine afflicted from the appointed place I have gathered, from thee they have been, Bearing for her sake reproach.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Zephaniah 3:18 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 42:2My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
- Psalms 43:3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.
- Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
- Psalms 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
- Psalms 84:1How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
- Psalms 137:3for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
- Jeremiah 23:3Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
- Jeremiah 31:8Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
- Lamentations 1:4The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
- Lamentations 1:7In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
- Lamentations 2:6He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.
- Ezekiel 34:13I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.
- Ezekiel 36:24For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
- Hosea 1:11Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.
- Hosea 9:5What will you do on the appointed day, on the day of the LORD’s feast?
- Zephaniah 3:20At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD.
- Romans 11:25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
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