Zephaniah 3:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ “Yea, at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve him with one accord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ For then [changing their impure language] I will give to the people a clear and pure speech from pure lips, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one unanimous consent and one united shoulder [bearing the yoke of the Lord].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.

Common English Bible

⁹ Then I will change the speech of the peoples into pure speech, that all of them will call on the name of the LORD and will serve him as one.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ For then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, so that all may invoke the name of the Lord and may serve him with one shoulder.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Because then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, that all may call upon the name of the Lord, and may serve him with one shoulder.

Zephaniah 3:9 Cross References

Genesis 11:1

Now the whole earth had one language and few words.

Genesis 4:26

To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the Lord.

Psalm 113:3

From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised!

Psalm 22:27

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him.

Isaiah 19:18

In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of these will be called the City of the Sun.

Isaiah 57:19

Peace, peace, to the far and to the near, says the Lord; and I will heal him.

Isaiah 6:7

And he touched my mouth, and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”

Jeremiah 16:19

O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our fathers have inherited naught but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.

Ezekiel 37:17

and join them together into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

Habakkuk 2:14

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

Zephaniah 2:11

The Lord will be terrible against them; yea, he will famish all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the lands of the nations.

Zechariah 14:9

And the Lord will become king over all the earth; on that day the Lord will be one and his name one.

Zechariah 2:11

And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

Matthew 12:35

The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for edifying, as fits the occasion, that it may impart grace to those who hear.

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever.”