Zephaniah 3:18

New English Translation

“As for those who grieve because they cannot attend the festivals – I took them away from you; they became tribute and were a source of shame to you.

Cross References

Psalm 43:3

Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live.

Psalm 79:4

We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

Jeremiah 23:3

Then I myself will regather those of my people who are still alive from all the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their homeland. They will greatly increase in number.

Lamentations 1:4

The roads to Zion mourn because no one travels to the festivals. All her city gates are deserted; her priests groan. Her virgins grieve; she is in bitter anguish! ה (He)

Lamentations 1:7

Jerusalem remembers, when she became a poor homeless person, all her treasures that she owned in days of old. When her people fell into an enemy’s grip, none of her allies came to her rescue. Her enemies gloated over her; they sneered at her downfall. ח (Khet)

Ezekiel 34:13

I will bring them out from among the peoples and gather them from foreign countries; I will bring them to their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams and all the inhabited places of the land.

Ezekiel 36:24

“‘I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your land.

Ezekiel 9:4

The Lord said to him, “Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it.”

Hosea 1:11

Then the people of Judah and the people of Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint for themselves one leader, and will flourish in the land. Certainly, the day of Jezreel will be great!

Hosea 9:5

So what will you do on the festival day, on the festival days of the Lord?

Zephaniah 3:20

At that time I will lead you – at the time I gather you together. Be sure of this! I will make all the nations of the earth respect and admire you when you see me restore you,” says the Lord.