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World English Bible
I will remove those who grieve about the appointed feasts from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you.
New American Standard Bible
They
The reproach of exile is a burden on
King James Version
I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
Holman Bible
from the appointed festivals;
they will be a tribute from you
and a reproach on her.
International Standard Version
I will gather the afflicted from the solemn assembly; those who were with you, who were bearing a burden of disgrace.
A Conservative Version
I will gather those who sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee, [to whom] the burden upon her was a reproach.
American Standard Version
I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee; to whom the burden upon her was a reproach.
Amplified
“I will gather those [Israelites in captivity] who grieve about the appointed feasts—
They came from you, [O Zion];
On whom the reproach [of exile] is a burden.
Bible in Basic English
I will take away your troubles, lifting up your shame from off you.
Darby Translation
I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assemblies, who were of thee: the reproach of it was a burden unto them.
Julia Smith Translation
I will assemble those grieved for the appointment, who were from thee, the lifting up upon it a reproach.
King James 2000
I will gather them that are sorrowful for the appointed assembly, who are among you, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I will gather those of you grieving on account of the feast; they were raising against her a reproach.
Modern King James verseion
I will gather the afflicted ones from the appointed place; they were from you, a lifting up of reproach over her.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Such as have been in heaviness, will I gather together, and take out of thy congregation: as for the shame and reproof that hath been laid upon thee, it shall be far from thee.
NET Bible
"As for those who grieve because they cannot attend the festivals -- I took them away from you; they became tribute and were a source of shame to you.
New Heart English Bible
I will remove those who grieve about the appointed feasts from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you.
The Emphasized Bible
The sad exiles from the appointed meeting, have I gathered, from thee, had they been! but were a burden on thee - a reproach!
Webster
I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
Youngs Literal Translation
Mine afflicted from the appointed place I have gathered, from thee they have been, Bearing for her sake reproach.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Zephaniah 3:18
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Context Readings
A Song Of Joy
17 Yahweh, your God, is in the midst of you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing. 18 I will remove those who grieve about the appointed feasts from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you. 19 Behold, at that time I will deal with all those who afflict you, and I will save those who are lame, and gather those who were driven away. I will give them praise and honor, whose shame has been in all the earth.
Cross References
Psalm 42:2-4
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Lamentations 1:4
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.
Psalm 43:3
Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.
Psalm 63:1-2
God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
Psalm 84:1-2
How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies!
Psalm 137:3-6
For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
Jeremiah 23:3
I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
Jeremiah 31:8-9
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.
Lamentations 1:7
Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old: when her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and none did help her, The adversaries saw her, they did mock at her desolations.
Lamentations 2:6-7
He has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he has destroyed his place of assembly: Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, Has despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
Ezekiel 34:13
I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
Ezekiel 36:24
For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
Hosea 1:11
The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint themselves one head, and will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.
Hosea 9:5
What will you do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Yahweh?
Zephaniah 3:20
At that time will I bring you in, and at that time will I gather you; for I will give you honor and praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes, says Yahweh.
Romans 11:25-26
For I don't desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,