And Judah assembled to seek help from the Lord; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
Zephaniah 2:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Come together and hold assembly, O shameless nation, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition COLLECT YOUR thoughts, yes, unbend yourselves [in submission and see if there is no sense of shame and no consciousness of sin left in you], O shameless nation [not desirous or desired]! American Standard Version (1901) Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation that hath no shame; Common English Bible Gather together and assemble yourselves, shameless nation, Catholic Public Domain Version Assemble, be gathered together, O people not worthy to be loved. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Assemble yourselves together, be gathered together, O nation not worthy to be loved: |
And Judah assembled to seek help from the Lord; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate; and they told Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth upon their heads.
“Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come; yet you have a harlot's brow, you refuse to be ashamed.
Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,” says the Lord.
Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God; and cry to the Lord.
The Lord within her is righteous, he does no wrong; every morning he shows forth his justice, each dawn he does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame.
In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”