Zephaniah 3 · Verse 18

Zephaniah 3:18

I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
Zephaniah 3:18, King James Version

Zephaniah 3:18 in other translations

BSB“I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.
WEBI will remove those who grieve about the appointed feasts from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you.
ASVI will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee; to whom the burden upon her was a reproach.
YLTMine afflicted from the appointed place I have gathered, from thee they have been, Bearing for her sake reproach.
DARBYI will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assemblies, who were of thee: the reproach of it was a burden unto them.
BBEI will take away your troubles, lifting up your shame from off you.
WebsterI will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

What does Zephaniah 3:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. sorrowful for the solemn assembly--pining after the solemn assembly which they cannot celebrate in exile (La 1:4; 2:6). who are of thee--that is, of thy true citizens; and whom therefore I will restore. to whom the reproach of it was a burden--that is, to whom thy reproach ("the reproach of My people," Mi 6:16; their ignominious captivity) was a burden. "Of it" is put of thee, as the person is often changed. Those who shared in the burden of reproach which fell on My people. Compare Is 25:8, "the rebuke of His people shall He take away from off all the earth."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 I will gather - sorrowful - This may refer to those who, during the captivity, mourned for their former religious assemblies; and who were reproached by their enemies, because they could not enjoy their religious solemnities. See Psa 137:1-9 : "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song," etc. This very circumstance may be the reference here.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zephaniah 3:14-20

After the promises of taking away sin, follow promises of taking away trouble. When the cause is removed, the effect will cease. What makes a people holy, will make them happy. The precious promises made to the purified people, were to have full accomplishment in the gospel. These verses appear chiefly to relate to the future conversion and restoration of Israel, and the glorious times which are to follow. They show…

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Zephaniah 3:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נוּגֵ֧יnu.Gei[those] grievedH3013
מִמּוֹעֵ֛דmi.mo.'Edfrom an appointed feastH4150
אָסַ֖פְתִּי'a.Saf.tiI will gatherH622
מִמֵּ֣ךְmi.Mekhfrom youH4480
הָי֑וּha.Yuthey wereH1961
מַשְׂאֵ֥תmas.'EttributeH4864
עָלֶ֖יהָ'a.Lei.haon itH5921
חֶרְפָּֽה\׃cher.PahreproachH2781

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Cross references for Zephaniah 3:18

  • Psalms 42:2-4

    My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

  • Zephaniah 3:20

    At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 36:24

    For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

  • Lamentations 2:6-7

    And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

  • Lamentations 1:4

    The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

  • Jeremiah 31:8-9

    Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

  • Jeremiah 23:3

    And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

  • Romans 11:25-26

    For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

  • Psalms 63:1-2

    A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

  • Psalms 43:3

    O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

  • Psalms 84:1-2

    To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

  • Lamentations 1:7

    Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
gather.
20; Jer 23:3; 31:8,9; Eze 34:13; 36:24; Ho 1:11; Ro 11:25,26
sorrowful.
Ps 42:2-4; 43:3; 63:1,2; 84:1,2; 137:3-6; La 1:4,7; 2:6,7; Ho 9:5
the reproach of it was a burden. Heb. the burden upon it wasreproach.

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Context

  • Zephaniah 3:17

    The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

  • Zephaniah 3:18

    I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

  • Zephaniah 3:19

    Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.

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Zephaniah 3:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Reuniré á los fastidiados por causa del largo tiempo; tuyos fueron; para quienes el oprobio de ella era una carga.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je rassemblerai ceux qui se lamentent à cause des assemblées solennelles; ils étaient de toi; sur eux pesait l’opprobre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die wegen der Festversammlung Trauernden werde ich sammeln; sie waren aus dir, Schmach lastete auf ihnen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nugas, qui a lege recesserant, congregabo, quia ex te erant: ut non ultra habeas super eis opprobrium.