NET Bible
"Know for sure that I will then enable the nations to give me acceptable praise. All of them will invoke the LORD’s name when they pray, and will worship him in unison."
— Zephaniah 3:9, NET Bible
“For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.”
“For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent. ”
“For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the name of Yahweh, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.”
“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.”
“For then I will give the people a clean language, so that they may all make prayer to the Lord and be his servants with one mind.”
“For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.”
The Lord’s Judgment will Purify“I destroyed nations; their walled cities are in ruins. I turned their streets into ruins; no one passes through them. Their cities are desolate; no one lives there.
I thought,‘Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!’ If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.
Therefore you must wait patiently for me,” says the LORD,“for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them– all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger.
Know for sure that I will then enable the nations to give me acceptable praise. All of them will invoke the LORD’s name when they pray, and will worship him in unison.
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, those who pray to me, my dispersed people, will bring me tribute.
In that day you will not be ashamed of all your rebelliousness against me, for then I will remove from your midst those who proudly boast, and you will never again be arrogant on my holy hill.
I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, and they will find safety in the LORD’s presence.