Zephaniah 3:16

Good News Translation

The time is coming when they will say to Jerusalem, “Do not be afraid, city of Zion! Do not let your hands hang limp!

Cross References

Job 4:3

You have taught many people and given strength to feeble hands.

Isaiah 25:9

When it happens, everyone will say, “He is our God! We have put our trust in him, and he has rescued us. He is the Lord! We have put our trust in him, and now we are happy and joyful because he has saved us.”

Isaiah 40:9

Jerusalem, go up on a high mountain and proclaim the good news! Call out with a loud voice, Zion; announce the good news! Speak out and do not be afraid. Tell the towns of Judah that their God is coming!

Isaiah 41:10

Do not be afraid—I am with you! I am your God—let nothing terrify you! I will make you strong and help you; I will protect you and save you.

Isaiah 44:2

I am the Lord who created you; from the time you were born, I have helped you. Do not be afraid; you are my servant, my chosen people whom I love.

Isaiah 54:4

Do not be afraid—you will not be disgraced again; you will not be humiliated. You will forget your unfaithfulness as a young wife, and your desperate loneliness as a widow.

Joel 2:21

“Fields, don't be afraid, but be joyful and glad because of all the Lord has done for you.

Zechariah 8:13

People of Judah and Israel! In the past foreigners have cursed one another by saying, ‘May the same disasters fall on you that fell on Judah and Israel!’ But I will save you, and then those foreigners will say to one another, ‘May you receive the same blessings that came to Judah and Israel!’ So have courage and don't be afraid.”

Zechariah 8:15

But now I am planning to bless the people of Jerusalem and Judah. So don't be afraid.

John 12:12

The next day the large crowd that had come to the Passover Festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

2 Corinthians 4:1

God in his mercy has given us this work to do, and so we do not become discouraged.

Galatians 6:9

So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest.

Ephesians 3:13

I beg you, then, not to be discouraged because I am suffering for you; it is all for your benefit.

Hebrews 12:12

Lift up your tired hands, then, and strengthen your trembling knees!

Revelation 2:3

You are patient, you have suffered for my sake, and you have not given up.