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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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will.
Isa. 19:18• 18In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Jehovah of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. (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 proceed out of your mouth, but if [there be] anyone good for edification of the need, that it may give grace to those that hear. (Eph. 4:29)
language.
Heb. lip.
Gen. 11:1• 1And the whole earth was of one language and the words one . (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{HR}And shall turn unto Jehovah,{HR}And all tribes of Gentiles shall bow down before thee. (Psa. 22:27)
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Psa. 86:9‑10• 9All nations whom thou hast made shall come{HR}And worship before thee, O Lord,{HR}And shall glorify thy name.
 10For thou [art] great{HR}And doest wondrous things;{HR}Thou [art] God, alone. (Psa. 86:9‑10)
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Psa. 113:3• 3From sun-rising unto its setting{HR}Praised be Jehovah's name. (Psa. 113:3)
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Jer. 16:19• 19Jehovah, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein 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 it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall 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 there shall 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 was giving them to utter.
 5Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven;
 6and when this report was made, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because they each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.
 7And they were all amazed and wondering, saying, Behold, are not all these that speak Galileans?
 8And how hear we each in our own dialect in which we were born?
 9Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those that dwell in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
 10in Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and the Roman sojourners, both Jews and proselytes,
 11Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our tongues the mighty things of God.
 12And they were all amazed and perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
 13But others mocking said, They are filled with sweet wine. (Acts 2:4‑13)
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Rom. 15:6‑11• 6that with one accord, with one mouth, ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
 7Wherefore receive ye one another according as Christ also received you unto God's glory.
 8For I say that Christ became a minister of [the] circumcision for God's truth to confirm the promises of the fathers;
 9and that the Gentiles should glorify God for mercy, even as it is written, “On this account I will confess to thee among [the] Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing.”
 10And again he saith, “Rejoice, Gentiles, with his people;”
 11and, again, “Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and give him praise, all ye people.” (Rom. 15:6‑11)
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Rev. 11:15• 15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world hath become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign unto the ages of the 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."
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Lit. "with one shoulder."

W. Kelly Translation

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