Judah assembled to seek help from Adonai; indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Adonai.
Zephaniah 2:1 - Tree of Life Version Gather together! Gather together, O shameless nation— Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition COLLECT YOUR thoughts, yes, unbend yourselves [in submission and see if there is no sense of shame and no consciousness of sin left in you], O shameless nation [not desirous or desired]! American Standard Version (1901) Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation that hath no shame; Common English Bible Gather together and assemble yourselves, shameless nation, Catholic Public Domain Version Assemble, be gathered together, O people not worthy to be loved. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Assemble yourselves together, be gathered together, O nation not worthy to be loved: |
Judah assembled to seek help from Adonai; indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Adonai.
Then all the people were brought as a single body into the plaza that was before the Water Gate. They said to Ezra the scribe, “Bring out the Torah scroll of Moses that Adonai had commanded Israel.”
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this same month, Bnei-Yisrael gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting dust on their heads.
“Go! Gather together all the Jews who are in Shushan and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast in the same way. Afterwards, I will go in to the king, even though it is not according to the law. So if I perish, I perish!”
Therefore showers have been withheld and there has been no spring rain. You have a harlot’s brazen look; you refuse to be ashamed.
""Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at al ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among thos who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,"" says Adonai.
Consecrate a fast. Proclaim a solemn assembly. Gather elders and all living in the land to the House of Adonai your God, and cry to Adonai.
Adonai is righteous in her midst. He will do no injustice. Morning by morning He brings His justice to light. He does not fail. Yet the unjust knows no shame.
Next I disposed of the three shepherds in one month—for my soul was impatient with them and their soul also detested me.
For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there I am in their midst.”