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Zephaniah 3

Zeph. 3:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore wait
chakah (Hebrew #2442)
properly, to adhere to; hence, to await
KJV usage: long, tarry, wait.
Pronounce: khaw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin to 2707 through the idea of piercing)
a ye upon me, saith
n'um (Hebrew #5002)
an oracle
KJV usage: (hath) said, saith.
Pronounce: neh-oom'
Origin: from 5001
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, until the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
that I rise up
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
to the prey
`ad (Hebrew #5706)
booty
KJV usage: prey.
Pronounce: ad
Origin: the same as 5703 in the sense of the aim of an attack
: for my determination
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
is to gather
'acaph (Hebrew #622)
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
KJV usage: assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), X generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, X surely, take (away, into, up), X utterly, withdraw.
Pronounce: aw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
c, that I may assemble
qabats (Hebrew #6908)
to grasp, i.e. collect
KJV usage: assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, X surely, take up.
Pronounce: kaw-bats'
Origin: a primitive root
the kingdoms
mamlakah (Hebrew #4467)
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
KJV usage: kingdom, king's, reign, royal.
Pronounce: mam-law-kaw'
Origin: from 4427
, to pour
shaphak (Hebrew #8210)
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
KJV usage: cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.
Pronounce: shaw-fak'
Origin: a primitive root
upon them mine indignation
za`am (Hebrew #2195)
strictly froth at the mouth, i.e. (figuratively) fury (especially of God's displeasure with sin)
KJV usage: angry, indignation, rage.
Pronounce: zah'-am
Origin: from 2194
, even all my fierce
charown (Hebrew #2740)
from 2734; a burning of anger
KJV usage: sore displeasure, fierce(-ness), fury, (fierce) wrath(-ful).
Pronounce: khaw-rone'
Origin: or (shortened) charon {khaw-rone'}
anger
'aph (Hebrew #639)
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
KJV usage: anger(-gry), + before, countenance, face, + forebearing, forehead, + (long-)suffering, nose, nostril, snout, X worthy, wrath.
Pronounce: af
Origin: from 599
: for all the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
e shall be devoured
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
with the fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
of my jealousy
qin'ah (Hebrew #7068)
jealousy or envy
KJV usage: envy(-ied), jealousy, X sake, zeal.
Pronounce: kin-aw'
Origin: from 7065
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Prov. 20:22• 22Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee. (Prov. 20:22)
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Lam. 3:25‑26• 25Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
 26It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah. (Lam. 3:25‑26)
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Joel 3:2• 2I will also gather all the nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of my people and mine inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations: and they have parted my land; (Joel 3:2)
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Matt. 25:32• 32and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; (Matt. 25:32)
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2 Peter 3:10• 10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burnt up. (2 Peter 3:10)

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Ministry on This Verse

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wait.
Psa. 27:14• 14Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah. (Psa. 27:14)
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Psa. 37:7,34• 7Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him that prospereth in his way, because of the man that bringeth mischievous devices to pass.
 34Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to possess the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. (Psa. 37:7,34)
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Psa. 62:1,5• 1To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. Upon God alone doth my soul rest peacefully; from him is my salvation.
 5Upon God alone, O my soul, rest peacefully; for my expectation is from him. (Psa. 62:1,5)
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Psa. 123:2• 2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are directed to Jehovah our God, until he be gracious unto us. (Psa. 123:2)
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Psa. 130:5‑6• 5I wait for Jehovah; my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
 6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than the watchers wait for the morning, more than the watchers for the morning. (Psa. 130:5‑6)
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Prov. 20:22• 22Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee. (Prov. 20:22)
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Isa. 30:18• 18And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself up, that he may have mercy upon you; for Jehovah is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. (Isa. 30:18)
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Lam. 3:25‑26• 25Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
 26It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah. (Lam. 3:25‑26)
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Hos. 12:6• 6And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. (Hos. 12:6)
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Mic. 7:7• 7But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. (Mic. 7:7)
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James 5:7‑8• 7Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive the early and the latter rain.
 8*Ye* also have patience: stablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawn nigh. (James 5:7‑8)
rise.
Psa. 12:5• 5Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff. (Psa. 12:5)
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Psa. 78:65‑66• 65Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth aloud by reason of wine;
 66And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach. (Psa. 78:65‑66)
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Isa. 42:13‑14• 13Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man, he will stir up jealousy like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout; he will shew himself mighty against his enemies.
 14Long time have I holden my peace; I have been still, I have restrained myself: I will cry like a woman that travaileth; I will blow and pant at once. (Isa. 42:13‑14)
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Isa. 59:16‑18• 16And he saw that there was no man, and he wondered that there was no intercessor; and his arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness, it sustained him.
 17And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
 18According to deeds, so will he repay: fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. (Isa. 59:16‑18)
to gather.
Ezek. 38:14‑23• 14Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In that day when my people Israel dwelleth in safety, shalt thou not know it?
 15And thou shalt come from thy place out of the uttermost north, thou and many peoples with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great assemblage and a mighty army.
 16And thou shalt come up against my people Israel as a cloud to cover the land--it shall be at the end of days--and I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be hallowed in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
 17Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Art thou not he of whom I have spoken in old time through my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days, for many years, that I would bring thee against them?
 18And it shall come to pass in that day, in the day when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, that my fury shall come up in my face;
 19for in my jealousy, in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Verily in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
 20so that the fish of the sea, and the fowl of the heavens, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things which creep upon the earth, and all mankind that are upon the face of the earth shall shake at my presence; and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
 21And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord Jehovah: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
 22And I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many peoples that are with him, overflowing rain and great hailstones, fire and brimstone.
 23And I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am Jehovah. (Ezek. 38:14‑23)
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Joel 3:2,9‑16• 2I will also gather all the nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of my people and mine inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations: and they have parted my land;
 9Proclaim this among the nations: prepare war, arouse the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
 10Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.
 11Haste ye and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together. Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.
 12Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.
 13Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down, for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
 14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Jehovah is at hand in the valley of decision.
 15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
 16And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: and Jehovah will be a shelter for his people, and the refuge of the children of Israel. (Joel 3:2,9‑16)
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Mic. 4:11‑13• 11And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be profaned, and let our eye look upon Zion.
 12But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them together as the sheaves into the threshing-floor.
 13Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples; and I will devote their gain to Jehovah, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth. (Mic. 4:11‑13)
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Zech. 14:2‑3• 2And I will assemble all the nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity; and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
 3And Jehovah will go forth and fight with those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. (Zech. 14:2‑3)
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Matt. 25:32• 32and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; (Matt. 25:32)
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Rev. 16:14• 14for they are the spirits of demons, doing signs; which go out to the kings of the whole habitable world to gather them together to the war of that great day of God the Almighty. (Rev. 16:14)
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Rev. 19:17‑19• 17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come, gather yourselves to the great supper of God,
 18that ye may eat flesh of kings, and flesh of chiliarchs, and flesh of strong men, and flesh of horses and of those that sit upon them, and flesh of all, both free and bond, and small and great.
 19And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against him that sat upon the horse, and against his army. (Rev. 19:17‑19)
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Zeph. 1:18• 18their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for a full end, yea, a sudden end, shall he make of all them that dwell in the land. (Zeph. 1:18)
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Deut. 32:21‑22• 21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is no *God; They have exasperated me with their vanities; And I will move them to jealousy with that which is not a people; With a foolish nation will I provoke them to anger.
 22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And it shall burn into the lowest Sheol, And shall consume the earth and its produce, And set fire to the foundations of the mountains. (Deut. 32:21‑22)
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Song of Sol. 8:6• 6Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol: The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, Flames of Jah. (Song of Sol. 8:6)
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Ezek. 36:5‑6• 5--therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the remnant of the nations, and against the whole of Edom, which have appointed my land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to plunder it by pillage.
 6Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the water-courses and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the ignominy of the nations; (Ezek. 36:5‑6)
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Ezek. 38:19• 19for in my jealousy, in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Verily in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; (Ezek. 38:19)
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2 Peter 3:10• 10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burnt up. (2 Peter 3:10)
• Hence comes the sentence. (“Zephaniah 3” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Therefore wait ye for me, saith Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determinationk is to assemble the nations, that I may gather the kingdoms together, to pour upon them mine indignation,—all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "judgment."