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Zephaniah 3

Zeph. 3:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For then will I turn
haphak (Hebrew #2015)
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
KJV usage: X become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
Pronounce: haw-fak'
Origin: a primitive root
to the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
a pure
barar (Hebrew #1305)
to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select
KJV usage: make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).
Pronounce: baw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
βlanguage
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
, that they may allf call
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
upon the name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
of 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
, to serve
`abad (Hebrew #5647)
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
KJV usage: X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
him with δone
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
consent
shkem (Hebrew #7926)
the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill
KJV usage: back, X consent, portion, shoulder.
Pronounce: shek-em'
Origin: from 7925
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β
lip.
f
Acts 2•  (Acts 2)
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δ
shoulder.

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Isa. 19:18• 18In that day shall there be five cities in the land of Egypt speaking the language of Canaan, and swearing by Jehovah of hosts: one shall be called, The city of Heres. (Isa. 19:18)
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Matt. 12:35• 35The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things. (Matt. 12:35)
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Eph. 4:29• 29Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if there be any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear it. (Eph. 4:29)
language.
Heb. lip.
Gen. 11:1• 1And the whole earth had one language, and the same words. (Gen. 11:1)
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Gen. 11•  (Gen. 11)
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that.
1 Kings 8:41‑43• 41And as to the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake
 42(for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thy stretched-out arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house,
 43hear thou in the heavens thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; in order that all peoples of the earth may know thy name, and that they may fear thee as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name. (1 Kings 8:41‑43)
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Psa. 22:27• 27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee: (Psa. 22:27)
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Psa. 86:9‑10• 9All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name.
 10For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God, thou alone. (Psa. 86:9‑10)
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Psa. 113:3• 3From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, let Jehovah's name be praised. (Psa. 113:3)
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Jer. 16:19• 19Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of distress, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and they shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited falsehood and vanity; and in these things there is no profit. (Jer. 16:19)
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Hab. 2:14• 14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah as the waters cover the sea. (Hab. 2:14)
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Zech. 2:11• 11And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be unto me for a people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto thee. (Zech. 2:11)
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Zech. 8:20‑23• 20Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;
 21and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to supplicate Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also.
 22And many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem, and to supplicate Jehovah.
 23Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days shall ten men take hold, out of all languages of the nations, shall even take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you; for we have heard that God is with you. (Zech. 8:20‑23)
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Zech. 14:9• 9And Jehovah shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Jehovah, and his name one. (Zech. 14:9)
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Acts 2:4‑13• 4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave to them to speak forth.
 5Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven.
 6But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.
 7And all were amazed and wondered, saying, Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans?
 8and how do *we* hear them each in our own dialect in which we have been born,
 9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judaea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
 10both Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya which adjoin Cyrene, and the Romans sojourning here, both Jews and proselytes,
 11Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our own tongues the great things of God?
 12And they were all amazed and in perplexity, saying one to another, What would this mean?
 13But others mocking said, They are full of new wine. (Acts 2:4‑13)
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Rom. 15:6‑11• 6that ye may with one accord, with one mouth, glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
 7Wherefore receive ye one another, according as the Christ also has received you to the glory of God.
 8For I say that Jesus Christ became a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises of the fathers;
 9and that the nations should glorify God for mercy; according as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the nations, and will sing to thy name.
 10And again he says, Rejoice, nations, with his people.
 11And again, Praise the Lord, all ye nations, and let all the peoples laud him. (Rom. 15:6‑11)
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Rev. 11:15• 15And the seventh angel sounded his trumpet: and there were great voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world of our Lord and of his Christ is come, and he shall reign to the ages of ages. (Rev. 11:15)
consent.
Heb. shoulder.
• But the day of judgment on the quick ushers in the predicted era of earth's blessedness. (“Zephaniah 3” by W. Kelly)
• This does not mean the people of Israel, but the peoples in relationship with Jehovah among the nations. (“Zephaniah 3” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For then will I turn to the peoples a pure languagel, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consentm.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "lip."
m
Lit. "with one shoulder."