Zephaniah 3:12 - Catholic Public Domain Version And I will bequeath into your midst a poor and needy people, and they will hope in the name of the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For I will leave in the midst of you a people afflicted and poor, and they shall trust, seek refuge, and be confident in the name of the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) But I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall take refuge in the name of Jehovah. Common English Bible but I will cause a humble and powerless people to remain in your midst; they will seek refuge in the name of the LORD. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will leave in the midst of thee a poor and needy people: and they shall hope in the name of the Lord. English Standard Version 2016 But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord, |
And now, to a small extent and for a moment, our petition has been made with the Lord our God, so that they may leave us a remnant, and so that a secure place in his holy land may be given to us, and so that our God may illuminate our eyes, and may give us a little life in our servitude.
And the firstborn of the poor will be pastured, and the poor will rest in faithfulness. And I will cause your root to pass away by famine, and I will put to death your remnant.
And what will be the response to this news among the nations? It will be that the Lord has established Zion, and that the poor of his people will hope in him.
And the meek will increase their rejoicing in the Lord, and the poor among men will exult in the Holy One of Israel.
Who is there among you who fears the Lord? Who hears the voice of his servant? Who has walked in darkness, and there is no light in him? Let him hope in the name of the Lord, and let him lean upon his God.
But still, there will be a tithing within her, and she will be converted, and she will be put on display, like a terebinth tree and like an oak which extends its branches. And what will remain standing within her will be a holy offspring.
Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, for the Lord will be his confidence.
In those days and at that time, says the Lord, the iniquity of Israel will be sought, and there will be none. And the sin of Judah will be sought, and none will be found. For I will be forgiving to them, whom I will leave behind.
And I will leave among you those who will escape the sword among the Gentiles, when I will have dispersed you upon the earth.
And they will graze on the land of Assur with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with its spears; and he will free us from Assur, when he will come into our land, and when he will trample our borders.
The Lord is good, and a comforter in the day of tribulation, and he knows those who hope in him.
And it became invalid in that day. And so they understood, just like the poor of the flock who stay close to me, that this is the word of the Lord.
And I will pasture the flock of the slaughter, because of this, O poor of the flock. And I took to myself two staffs: the one I called Handsome, and the other I called Rope, and I pastured the flock.
The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor are evangelized.
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
And again, Isaiah says: "There shall be a root of Jesse, and he shall rise up to rule the Gentiles, and in him the Gentiles shall hope."
My most beloved brothers, listen. Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that God has promised to those who love him?
Through him, you have been faithful to God, who raised him up from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope would be in God.