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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Zephaniah 3 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/zephaniah/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/zephaniah/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Zephaniah 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../zephaniah/2.htm" title="Zephaniah 2">◄</a> Zephaniah 3 <a href="../haggai/1.htm" title="Haggai 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/zephaniah/3-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Judgment on Jerusalem<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><font color=blue>(3:1A)</font> Alas the glorious and ransomed city.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The dove hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord, and she drew not near to her God.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Her princes within her were as roaring lions, her judges as the wolves of Arabia; they remained not till the morrow.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Her prophets are light <i>and</i> scornful men: her priests profane the holy things, and sinfully transgress the law.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But the just Lord is in the midst of her, and he will never do an unjust thing: morning by morning he will bring out his judgment to the light, and it is not hidden, and he knows not injustice by extortion, nor injustice in strife.<p> <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">Purification of the Nations<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I have brought down the proud with destruction; their corners are destroyed: I will make their ways completely waste, so that none shall go through: their cities are come to an end, by reason of no man living or dwelling <i>in them</i>.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I said, But do ye fear me, and receive instruction, and ye shall not be cut off from the face of the land <i>for</i> all the vengeance I have brought upon her: prepare thou, rise early: all their produce is spoilt.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Therefore wait upon me, saith the Lord, until the day when I rise up for a witness: because my judgment <i>shall be</i> on the gatherings of the nations, to draw to me kings, to pour out upon them all <i>my</i> fierce anger: for the whole earth shall be consumed with the fire of my jealousy.<p> <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">A Faithful Remnant<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For then will I turn to the peoples a tongue for her generation, that all may call on the name of the Lord, to serve him under one yoke.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>From the boundaries of the rivers of Ethiopia will I receive my dispersed ones; they shall offer sacrifices to me.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>In that day thou shalt not be ashamed of all thy practices, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then will I take away from thee thy disdainful pride, and thou shalt no more magnify thyself upon my holy mountain.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And I will leave in thee a meek and lowly people;<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and the remnant of Israel shall fear the name of the Lord, and shall do no iniquity, neither shall they speak vanity; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed, and lie down, and there shall be none to terrify them.<p> <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">Israel’s Restoration<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Rejoice, O daughter of Sion; cry aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; rejoice and delight thyself with all thine heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The Lord has taken away thine iniquities, he has ransomed thee from the hand of thine enemies: the Lord, the King of Israel, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>At that time the Lord shall say to Jerusalem, Be of good courage, Sion; let not thine hands be slack.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The Lord thy God is in thee; the Mighty One shall save thee: he shall bring joy upon thee, and shall refresh thee with his love; and he shall rejoice over thee with delight as in a day of feasting.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And I will gather thine afflicted ones. Alas! who has taken up a reproach against her?<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Behold, I <i>will</i> work in thee for thy sake at that time, saith the Lord: and I will save her that was oppressed, and receive her that was rejected; and I will make them a praise, and honoured in all the earth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/zephaniah/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And <i>their enemies</i> shall be ashamed at that time, when I shall deal well with you, and at the time when I shall receive you: for I will make you honoured and a praise among all the nations of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before you, saith the Lord.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../zephaniah/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Zephaniah 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Zephaniah 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../haggai/1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Haggai 1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Haggai 1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>