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Zephaniah 3:15–17

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3:15The Lord has removed the judgment against you;45

he has turned back your enemy.

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

You no longer need to fear disaster.

3:16On that day they will say46 to Jerusalem,

“Don’t be afraid, Zion!

Your hands must not be paralyzed from panic!47

3:17The Lord your God is in your midst;

he is a warrior who can deliver.

He takes great delight in you;48

he renews you by his love;49

he shouts for joy over you.”50

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Zephaniah 3:17: The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

Footnotes

  1. 45 Heb “your judgments,” that is, “the judgments directed against you.” The translation reflects the implications of the parallelism.
  2. 46 Heb “it will be said.” The passive construction has been translated as active for stylistic reasons.
  3. 47 Heb “your hands must not go limp.”
  4. 48 Heb “he rejoices over you with joy.”
  5. 49 The reads, “he is silent in his love,” but this makes no sense in light of the immediately preceding and following lines. Some take the Hiphil verb form as causative (see Job 11:3) rather than intransitive and translate, “he causes [you] to be silent by his love,” that is, “he soothes [you] by his love.” The present translation follows the and assumes an original reading יְחַדֵּשׁ (yékhaddesh, “he renews”) with ellipsis of the object (“you”).
  6. 50 Heb “he rejoices over you with a shout of joy.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;

he has cleared away your enemies.

The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst;

you shall never again fear evil.

On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:

“Fear not, O Zion;

let not your hands grow weak.

The Lord your God is in your midst,

a mighty one who will save;

he will rejoice over you with gladness;

he will quiet you by his love;

he will exult over you with loud singing.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord has taken away your punishment,

he has turned back your enemy.

The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you;

never again will you fear any harm.

On that day

they will say to Jerusalem,

“Do not fear, Zion;

do not let your hands hang limp.

The Lord your God is with you,

the Mighty Warrior who saves.

He will take great delight in you;

in his love he will no longer rebuke you,

but will rejoice over you with singing.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord has removed your punishment;

he has turned back your enemy.

The King of Israel, the Lord, is among you;

you need no longer fear harm.

On that day it will be said to Jerusalem:

“Do not fear;

Zion, do not let your hands grow weak.

The Lord your God is among you,

a warrior who saves.

He will rejoice over you with gladness.

He will be quiet in his love.

He will delight in you with singing.”

NLTNew Living Translation

For the Lord will remove his hand of judgment

and will disperse the armies of your enemy.

And the Lord himself, the King of Israel,

will live among you!

At last your troubles will be over,

and you will never again fear disaster.

On that day the announcement to Jerusalem will be,

“Cheer up, Zion! Don’t be afraid!

For the Lord your God is living among you.

He is a mighty savior.

He will take delight in you with gladness.

With his love, he will calm all your fears.

He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Yahweh has annulled your judgments;

he has turned away your enemies.

The king of Israel, Yahweh, is in your midst;

you shall no longer fear misfortune.

On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem,

“Fear not, O Zion;

your hands shall not hang limp.

Yahweh your God is in your midst;

a mighty warrior who saves.

He shall rejoice over you with joy;

he renews you in his love;

he will exult over you with singing.

KJV 1900King James Version

The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy:

The king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee:

Thou shalt not see evil any more.

In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not:

And to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty;

He will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy;

He will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.