6 “I have cut off nations, Their fortresses are devastated; I have made their streets desolate, With none passing by. Their cities are destroyed; Thereis no one, no inhabitant.
7aI said, ‘Surely you will fear Me, You will receive instruction’— So that her dwelling would not be cut off, Despite everything for which I punished her. But1 they rose early and bcorrupted all their deeds.
A Faithful Remnant
8 “Therefore await for Me,” says the Lord, “Until the day I rise up1 for plunder; My determination is to bgather the nations To My assembly of kingdoms, To pour on them My indignation, All My fierce anger; All the earth cshall be devoured With the fire of My jealousy.
9 “For then I will restore to the peoples aa pure language, That they all may call on the name of the Lord, To serve Him with one accord.
10aFrom beyond the rivers of Ethiopia My worshipers, The daughter of My dispersed ones, Shall bring My offering.
11 In that day you shall not be shamed for any of your deeds In which you transgress against Me; For then I will take away from your midst Those who arejoice in your pride, And you shall no longer be haughty In My holy mountain.
Revelation 14, 16, and 19 also speak of the gathering of the nations—in opposition to God—but they are also gathered so that God can judge them all at once. Zephaniah 3:8 also speaks of a devouring fire, an image echoed in II Peter 3:7-12. The context of all this is the Day of the Lord.
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