Zephaniah 3:12

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 

Zephaniah 3:9

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 

[3:12]  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.

[3:12]  ² tn Heb “and they will take refuge in the name of the Lord.”

[3:9]  ³ tn Heb “Certainly [or perhaps, “For”] then I will restore to the nations a pure lip.”

[3:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “so that all of them will call on the name of the Lord.”

[3:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “so that [they] will serve him [with] one shoulder.”