Daily Meditation
14 Sing, O daughter
of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of
Jerusalem.
Today’s Reading
Zephaniah
Chapter 3
None shall make them
afraid
1 Woe to her that is
filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! 2 She obeyed not the voice; she
received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her
God. 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves;
they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 4 Her prophets are light and
treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done
violence to the law. 5 The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do
iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but
the unjust knoweth no shame.
6 I have cut off the
nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none
passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is
none inhabitant. 7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive
instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished
them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
8 Therefore wait ye
upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my
determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to
pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth
shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. 9 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. 10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my
suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
11 In that day shalt
thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against
me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy
pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. 12 I will
also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall
trust in the name of the Lord. 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity,
nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for
they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
14 Sing, O daughter
of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of
Jerusalem. 15 The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine
enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt
not see evil any more. 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.
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