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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:{HR}Wait on Jehovah, and he will save thee. (Prov. 20:22)
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Lam. 3:25‑26• 25Jehovah is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
 26It is good that one should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah. (Lam. 3:25‑26)
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Joel 3:2• 2I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and 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 separateth 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 shall pass away with rushing noise, and elements, with fervent heat, shall be dissolved, and [the] earth and the works that are therein 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;{HR}Be strong, and he shall strengthen thy heart;{HR}Yea, wait for Jehovah. (Psa. 27:14)
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Psa. 37:7,34• 7Be silent to Jehovah and wait for him;{HR}Fret not thyself because of him who maketh his way to prosper,{HR}Because of the man who doeth wicked devices.
 34Wait for Jehovah and keep his ways,{HR}And he will exalt thee to inherit the land;{HR}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.{HR}Only on God [is] my soul still ;{HR}From him [is] my salvation.
 5Only on God be still, my soul,{HR}For from him [is] my expectation. (Psa. 62:1,5)
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Psa. 123:2• 2Behold, as eyes of servants unto their masters' hand,{HR}As a handmaid's eyes unto her mistress's hand,{HR}So [are] our eyes unto Jehovah our God{HR}Until he be gracious to us. (Psa. 123:2)
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Psa. 130:5‑6• 5I wait for Jehovah;{HR}My soul waiteth,{HR}And for his word I hope.
 6My soul [hopeth] for the Lord,{HR}More than watchmen for the morning watch for the morning. (Psa. 130:5‑6)
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Prov. 20:22• 22Say not, I will recompense evil:{HR}Wait on Jehovah, and he will 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 to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
 26It is good that one should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah. (Lam. 3:25‑26)
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Hos. 12:6• 6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy 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• 7Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until it receive early and latter rain.
 8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand. (James 5:7‑8)
rise.
Psa. 12:5• 5Because of the oppression of the afflicted,{HR}Because of the groaning of the needy,{HR}Now will I arise, saith Jehovah;{HR}I will place in safety [from] him that puffeth at him. (Psa. 12:5)
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Psa. 78:65‑66• 65And the Lord awoke as a sleeper,{HR}As a mighty man shouting aloud from wine;
 66And he smote his adversaries backward{HR}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 aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.
 14I have long time holden my peace, I have been still, I have restrained myself: [now] will I cry out like a travailing woman, I will gasp and pant together. (Isa. 42:13‑14)
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Isa. 59:16‑18• 16And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; and his arm brought salvation unto him; 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, accordingly he will repay: fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. (Isa. 59:16‑18)
to gather.
Ezek. 38:14‑23• 14Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
 15And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
 16and thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
 17Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
 18And it shall come to pass at the same time 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 and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
 20so that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men 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 plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
 23Thus will I 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 nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
 9Proclaim this among the nations: Hallow war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up.
 10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
 11Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together [from] round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.
 12Let the heathen be wakened 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 day of decision: for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.
 15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
 16Jehovah also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be the hope of his people, and the strength 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.
 12They know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he shall gather them as sheaves into the floor.
 13Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people , and I will consecrate their gain unto Jehovah, and their substance unto Jehovah of the whole earth. (Mic. 4:11‑13)
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Zech. 14:2‑3• 2For I will gather all 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 residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
 3And Jehovah will go forth and fight against 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 separateth the sheep from the goats; (Matt. 25:32)
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Rev. 16:14• 14For they are spirits of demons working signs, who go forth unto the kings of the whole habitable world to gather them together unto 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 fowls that fly in mid-heaven, Come, gather yourselves together unto the great supper of God;
 18that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of chiliarchs, and the flesh of strong men, and the flesh of horses, and of those that sit on them, and the flesh of all, both free and bond, and both little and great.
 19And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war with him that sat on the horse and with his army. (Rev. 19:17‑19)
for all.
Zeph. 1:18• 18Neither their silver nor their gold shall 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 he shall make even a speedy riddance 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;{HR}They have exasperated me with their vanities;{HR}And I will move them to jealousy with that which is not a people;{HR}With a foolish nation will I provoke them to anger.{HR}
 22For a fire is kindled in mine anger,{HR}And it shall burn into the lowest Sheol,{HR}And shall consume the earth and its produce,{HR}And set fire to the foundations of the mountains.{HR} (Deut. 32:21‑22)
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Song of Sol. 8:6• 6Set me as a seal upon thy heart,{HR}As a seal upon thine arm;{HR}For love is strong as death,{HR}Jealousy is cruel as the grave:{HR}The flashes thereof are flashes of fire,{HR}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 unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, 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 shame of the heathen: (Ezek. 36:5‑6)
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Ezek. 38:19• 19For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely 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 shall pass away with rushing noise, and elements, with fervent heat, shall be dissolved, and [the] earth and the works that are therein 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."

W. Kelly Translation

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