Zephaniah 3:18New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “I will gather those who grieve about the appointed feasts— They came from you, [O Zion]; [The] reproach [of exile] is a burden on them.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— I will gather [them that are] sorrowful for the solemn assembly, [who] are of thee, [to whom] the reproach of it [was] a burden.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee: [to whom] the burden upon her was a reproach.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee; [to whom] the burden upon her was a reproach.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— I will gather [them that are] sorrowful for the solemn assembly, [who] are of thee, [to whom] the reproach of it [was] a burden.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assemblies, who were of thee: the reproach of it was a burden [unto them].
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The sad exiles from the appointed meeting, have I gathered, from thee, had they been! [but were] a burden on thee—a reproach!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Mine afflicted from the appointed place I have gathered, from thee they have been, Bearing for her sake reproach.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The triflers that were departed from the law, I will gather together, because they were of thee: that thou mayest no more suffer reproach for them.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— After a certaine time will I gather the afflicted that were of thee, and them that bare the reproch for it.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— I will gather them that are sorrowfull for the solemne assembly, who are of thee, [to whom] the reproch of it [was] a burden.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— I will remove from you those who spoke reproach against you.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And I will gather thine afflicted ones. Alas! who has taken up a reproach against her?
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— I will gather [them that are] sorrowful for the solemn assembly, [who] are of thee, [to whom] the reproach of it [was] a burden. |
I will gather
622 {0622} Primeאסף'acaph{aw-saf'}
A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence to receive, take away, that is, remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
[ them that are] sorrowful
3013 {3013} Primeיָגָהyagah{yaw-gaw'}
A primitive root; to grieve.
z8737 <8737> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 793
for the solemn assembly,
4150 {4150} Primeמוֹעֵדmow`ed{mo-ade'}
From H3259; properly an appointment, that is, a fixed time or season; specifically a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand).
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
[ who] are
x1961 (1961) Complementהָיָהhayah{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
of
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
thee, [ to whom] the reproach
2781 {2781} Primeחֶרְפָּהcherpah{kher-paw'}
From H2778; contumely, disgrace, the pudenda.
of
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
it [ was] a burden.
4864 {4864} Primeמַשְׂאֵתmas'eth{mas-ayth'}
From H5375; properly (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively an utterance; concretely a beacon (as raised); a present (as taken), mess, or tribute; figuratively a reproach (as a burden). |
Zephaniah 3:18
_ _ sorrowful for the solemn assembly — pining after the solemn assembly which they cannot celebrate in exile (Lamentations 1:4; Lamentations 2:6).
_ _ who are of thee — that is, of thy true citizens; and whom therefore I will restore.
_ _ to whom the reproach of it was a burden — that is, to whom thy reproach (“the reproach of My people,” Micah 6:16; their ignominious captivity) was a burden. “Of it” is put of thee, as the person is often changed. Those who shared in the burden of reproach which fell on My people. Compare Isaiah 25:8, “the rebuke of His people shall He take away from off all the earth.” |
Zephaniah 3:18
Sorrowful — That mourn their distance from the solemn worship of God. Who are of thee — Thy children. Reproach — The taunts of their enemies. |
Zephaniah 3:18
I will gather [them that are] sorrowful for the solemn assembly, [who] are of thee, [to whom] the reproach of (o) it [was] a burden.
(o) That is, those that were held in hatred and reviled for the Church, and because of their religion. |
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Zephaniah 3:20 At that time will I bring you [again], even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
Jeremiah 31:8-9 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. ... They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn.
Ezekiel 34:13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
Ezekiel 36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
Hosea 1:11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great [shall be] the day of Jezreel.
Romans 11:25-26 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. ... And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
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Psalms 42:2-4 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? ... When I remember these [things], I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
Psalms 43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Psalms 63:1-2 [[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.]] O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; ... To see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Psalms 84:1-2 [[To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.]] How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! ... My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Psalms 137:3-6 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion. ... If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Lamentations 1:4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she [is] in bitterness.
Lamentations 1:7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, [and] did mock at her sabbaths.
Lamentations 2:6-7 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as [if it were of] a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. ... The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
Hosea 9:5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?
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