3:9 Know for sure that I will then enable
the nations to give me acceptable praise. 1
All of them will invoke the Lord’s name when they pray, 2
and will worship him in unison. 3
3:19 Look, at that time I will deal with those who mistreated you.
I will rescue the lame sheep 4
and gather together the scattered sheep.
I will take away their humiliation
and make the whole earth admire and respect them. 5
1 tn Heb “Certainly [or perhaps, “For”] then I will restore to the nations a pure lip.”
2 tn Heb “so that all of them will call on the name of the
3 tn Heb “so that [they] will serve him [with] one shoulder.”
4 tn The word “sheep” is supplied for clarification. As in Mic 4:6-7, the exiles are here pictured as injured and scattered sheep whom the divine shepherd rescues from danger.
5 tn Heb “I will make them into praise and a name, in all the earth, their shame.” The present translation assumes that “their shame” specifies “them” and that “name” stands here for a good reputation.