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Zeph. 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Gatherd yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not ρdesired;

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Joel 2:16• ¹⁶gather the people, hallow the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride from her closet. (Joel 2:16)

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or, desirous.

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3: An exhortation to repentance.

4-7: The judgment of the Philistines,

8-11: of Moab and Ammon,

12: of Ethiopia,

13-15: and of Assyria.

gather together.

2 Chron. 20:4• ⁴And Judah gathered themselves together to ask help of Jehovah: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Jehovah. (2 Chron. 20:4)

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Neh. 8:1• ¹all the people gathered together as one man to the open place that was before the water-gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded Israel. (Neh. 8:1)

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Neh. 9:1• ¹And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. (Neh. 9:1)

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Esther 4:16• ¹⁶Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise, and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish. (Esther 4:16)

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Joel 1:14• ¹⁴Hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah. (Joel 1:14)

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Joel 2:12‑18• ¹²Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning;
¹³and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
¹⁴Who knoweth? He might return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, an oblation and a drink-offering for Jehovah your God?
¹⁵Blow the trumpet in Zion, hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly;
¹⁶gather the people, hallow the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride from her closet.
¹⁷Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare, O Jehovah, thy people, and give not thine inheritance to reproach, that they should be a byword of the nations. Wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
¹⁸Then Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and will have pity on his people. (Joel 2:12‑18)

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Matt. 18:20• ²⁰For where two or three are gathered together unto my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Matt. 18:20)

O nation.

Isa. 1:4‑6,10‑15• ⁴Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that corrupt themselves! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are turned away backward.
⁵Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
⁶From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in him; wounds, and weals, and open sores: they have not been dressed, nor bound up, nor mollified with oil.
¹⁰Hear the word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, people of Gomorrah!
¹¹To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure.
¹²When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this from your hand--to tread my courts?
¹³Bring no more vain oblations! Incense is an abomination unto me,--new moon and sabbath, the calling of convocations--wickedness and the solemn meeting I cannot bear.
¹⁴Your new moons and your set feasts my soul hateth: they are a burden to me; I am wearied of bearing them.
¹⁵And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (Isa. 1:4‑6,10‑15)

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Jer. 12:7‑9• ⁷I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage, I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
⁸My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it hath raised its voice against me: therefore have I hated it.
⁹My heritage is unto me as a speckled bird of prey; the birds of prey round about are against her. Go, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour. (Jer. 12:7‑9)

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Zech. 11:8• ⁸And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexed with them, and their soul also loathed me. (Zech. 11:8)

desired.

or, desirous.

Isa. 26:8‑9• ⁸Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to thy memorial.
⁹With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. (Isa. 26:8‑9)

• If the first chapter set forth the coming ruin of Judea because of the corruption of people and princes, and the horrors of the day of Jehovah falling on their selfish security and vainly trusted appliances, we have a call to repentance in the second. (“Zephaniah 2” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Collect yourselves and gather together, O nation without shameg,

JND Translation Notes

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Or "longing."