Zephaniah 3:9 Parallel Translations

"Then I will give all people pure lips to worship the LORD and to serve him with one purpose.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.

ERV:

For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

JPS:

For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve Him with one consent.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip, To call all of them by the name of Jehovah, To serve Him with one shoulder.

Zephaniah 3:9 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 22:27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, And all the families of the nations will worship before You.

Psalm 86:9 All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, And they shall glorify Your name.

Isaiah 19:18 In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the LORD of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction.

Isaiah 57:19 Creating the praise of the lips. Peace, peace to him who is far and to him who is near," Says the LORD, "and I will heal him."

Habakkuk 2:14 "For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.

Zephaniah 2:11 The LORD will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

3:9 For {g} 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.
(g) Lest any should then think that God's glory should have perished when Judah was destroyed, he shows that he will proclaim his grace through all the world.

WES:

3:9 A pure language - I will give them a pure way of worshipping me, the issue of a pure heart.

MHC:

3:8-13 The preaching of the gospel is predicted, when vengeance would be executed on the Jewish nation. The purifying doctrines of the gospel, or the pure language of the grace of the Lord, would teach men to use the language of humility, repentance, and faith. Purity and piety in common conversation is good. The pure and happy state of the church in the latter days seems intended. The Lord will shut out boasting, and leave men nothing to glory in, save the Lord Jesus, as made of God to them wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Humiliation for sin, and obligations to the Redeemer, will make true believers upright and sincere, whatever may be the case among mere professors.

CONC:

Accord Change Clean Consent Language Lip Lips Mind Peoples Prayer Pure Purified Purify Servants Serve Shoulder Speech Turn Yea

Change Clean Consent Lips Peoples Pure Purified Purify Servants Serve Shoulder Speech Time Turn

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