Zephaniah 3 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ 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.

² 0 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, shall my suppliants the children of my dispersed people bring me an offering.

³ 1 In that day thou shalt not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proud boasters, and thou shalt no more be lifted up because of my holy mountain.

⁴ 2 And I will leave in the midst of thee a poor and needy people: and they shall hope in the name of the Lord.

⁵ 3 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed, and shall lie down, and there shall be none to make them afraid.

⁶ 4 Give praise, O daughter of Sion: shout, O Israel: be glad, and rejoice with all thy heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

⁷ 5 The Lord hath taken away thy judgment, he hath turned away thy enemies: the king of Israel the Lord is in the midst of thee, thou shalt fear evil no more.

⁸ 6 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Fear not: to Sion: Let not thy hands be weakened.

⁹ 7 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty, he will save: he will rejoice over thee with gladness, he will be silent in his love, he will be joyful over thee in praise.

¹⁰ 8 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.

¹¹ 9 Behold I will cut off all that have afflicted thee at that time: and I will save her that halteth, and will gather her that was cast out: and I will get them praise, and a name, in all the land where they had been put to confusion.

¹² 0 At that time, when I will bring you: and at the time that I will gather you: for I will give you a name, and praise among all the people of the earth, when I shall have brought back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.

¹³ In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, governor of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, saying:

¹⁴ Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time is not yet come for building the house of the Lord.

¹⁵ And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, saying:

¹⁶ Is it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses, and this house lie desolate?

¹⁷ And now thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts to consider your ways.

¹⁸ You have sowed much, and brought in little: you have eaten, but have not had enough: you have drunk, but have not been filled with drink: you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed: and he that hath earned wages, put them into a bag with holes.

¹⁹ Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set Your hearts upon your ways:

²⁰ Go up to the mountain, bring timber, and build the house: and it shall be acceptable to me, and I shall be glorified, saith the Lord.