Zephaniah 3:15

3:15 The Lord has removed the judgment against you; ¹ 

he has turned back your enemy.

Israel’s king, the Lord, is in your midst!

You no longer need to fear disaster.

Zephaniah 2:15

2:15 This is how the once-proud city will end up ²  –

the city that was so secure. ³ 

She thought to herself, ⁴  “I am unique! No one can compare to me!” ⁵ 

What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live!

Everyone who passes by her taunts her ⁶  and shakes his fist. ⁷ 

Zephaniah 3:11

3:11 In that day you ⁸  will not be ashamed of all your rebelliousness against me, ⁹ 

for then I will remove from your midst those who proudly boast, ¹⁰ 

and you will never again be arrogant on my holy hill.

[3:15]  ¹ tn Heb “your judgments,” that is, “the judgments directed against you.” The translation reflects the implications of the parallelism.

[2:15]  ² tn Heb “this is the proud city.”

[2:15]  ³ tn Heb “the one that lived securely.”

[2:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “the one who says in her heart.”

[2:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “I [am], and besides me there is no other.”

[2:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “hisses”; or “whistles.”

[2:15]  ⁷ sn Hissing (or whistling) and shaking the fist were apparently ways of taunting a defeated foe or an object of derision in the culture of the time.

[3:11]  ³ sn The second person verbs and pronouns are feminine singular, indicating that personified Jerusalem is addressed here.

[3:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “In that day you not be ashamed because of all your actions, [in] which you rebelled against me.”

[3:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “the arrogant ones of your pride.”