3:12 I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, 1
and they will find safety in the Lord’s presence. 2
3:9 Know for sure that I will then enable
the nations to give me acceptable praise. 3
All of them will invoke the Lord’s name when they pray, 4
and will worship him in unison. 5
1 tn Heb “needy and poor people.” The terms often refer to a socioeconomic group, but here they may refer to those who are humble in a spiritual sense.
2 tn Heb “and they will take refuge in the name of the
3 tn Heb “Certainly [or perhaps, “For”] then I will restore to the nations a pure lip.”
4 tn Heb “so that all of them will call on the name of the
5 tn Heb “so that [they] will serve him [with] one shoulder.”