9For 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.


In Context

6 I have cut off nations, Desolated have been their chief ones, I have laid waste their out-places without any passing by, Destroyed have been their cities, Without man, without inhabitant.

7 I have said: Only, ye do fear Me, Ye do accept instruction, And her habitation is not cut off, All that I have appointed for her, But they have risen early, They have corrupted all their doings.

8 Therefore, wait for Me — an affirmation of Jehovah, For the day of My rising for prey, For My judgment is to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them Mine indignation, All the heat of Mine anger, For by the fire of My jealousy consumed is all the earth.

9 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.

10 From beyond the rivers of Cush, my supplicants, The daughter of My scattered ones, Do bring My present.

11 In that day thou art not ashamed because of any of thine actions, Wherewith thou hast transgressed against Me, For then do I turn aside from thy midst The exulting ones of thine excellency, And thou dost add no more to be haughty, In My holy mountain.

Zephaniah 3:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9For 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:9"Then will I purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve him shoulder to shoulder.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call on the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Because 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:9For 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9For 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:9For 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9For 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9For 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.