Zephaniah 3:9

3:9 Know for sure that I will then enable

the nations to give me acceptable praise.

All of them will invoke the Lord’s name when they pray,

and will worship him in unison.

Zephaniah 3:13

3:13 The Israelites who remain will not act deceitfully.

They will not lie,

and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth.

Indeed, they will graze peacefully like sheep and lie down;

no one will terrify them.”


tn Heb “Certainly [or perhaps, “For”] then I will restore to the nations a pure lip.”

tn Heb “so that all of them will call on the name of the Lord.”

tn Heb “so that [they] will serve him [with] one shoulder.”

tn Or “the remnant of Israel.”

tn The words “peacefully like sheep” are supplied in the translation for clarification.