Zephaniah 3:18

¹⁶ In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

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.

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

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.

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.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.
KJV: I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
WEB: I will remove those who grieve about the appointed feasts from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you.
ASV: I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee; [to whom] the burden upon her was a reproach.
DARBY: I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assemblies, who were of thee: the reproach of it was a burden [unto them].
BLB: “Those sorrowing from the appointed [assembly] I will gather [up], [put away] from you they will be—a lifting away, [and] along with it reproach.

ÅB: Dem som sørger for høytidens skyld[^3], samler jeg - de er fra deg, vanære tynger på dem.
OTB: Jeg vil samle dem som sørger over de fastsatte høytidene—
De kom fra deg, Sion;
Eksilets skam er en byrde for dem.
B1930: Dem som sørger for høitidens skyld, samler jeg - de er fra dig, vanære tynger på dem. / < fordi de ikke kan holde nogen høitid.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 42:2–4
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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