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Zephaniah 3:12
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10 aFrom 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. 
12 I will leave in your midst
aA meek and humble people,
And they shall trust in the name of the Lord. 
13 aThe remnant of Israel bshall do no unrighteousness
cAnd speak no lies,
Nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth;
For dthey shall feed their flocks and lie down,
And no one shall make them afraid.” 

Joy in God’s Faithfulness

14 aSing, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O Israel!
Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem! 
15 The Lord has taken away your judgments,
He has cast out your enemy.
aThe King of Israel, the Lord, bis in your midst;
You shall1 see disaster no more. 
16 In that day ait shall be said to Jerusalem:
“Do not fear;
Zion, blet not your hands be weak. 
17 The Lord your God ain your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
bHe will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.” 
18 “I will gather those who asorrow over the appointed assembly,
Who are among you,
To whom its reproach is a burden. 
19 Behold, at that time
I will deal with all who afflict you;
I will save the alame,
And gather those who were driven out;
I will appoint them for praise and fame
In every land where they were put to shame. 
20 At that time aI will bring you back,
Even at the time I gather you;
For I will give you1 fame and praise
Among all the peoples of the earth,
When I return your captives before your eyes,”
Says the Lord. 
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Zephaniah 3:12

I will also leave - (Over, as a remnant, it is still the same heavy prophecy, that a remnant only ' shall be saved' ) "an afflicted and poor people." priests, (except that ' great company who were obedient to the faith' ) Acts 6:7, scribes, lawyers, Pharisees, Sadducees were taken away; and there remained "the people of the land" , the "unlearned and ignorant" Acts 4:13, "the weak things of the world and the things despised" I Corinthians 1:27-28 who bore the very title of their Master, "the poor and needy; poor in Spirit" Psalms 41:1; poor also in outward things, since "they who had lands, sold them and they had all things common" Acts 2:44-45; Acts 4:32, Acts 4:35. They were afflicted above measure outwardly in the (Acts 8:1; Acts 9:2, Acts 9:13-14; Acts 12:1-2; Acts 13:50; Acts 14:5, Acts 14:22; 22; etc. Romans 8:17, Romans 8:35-36; Romans 12:14; I Corinthians 9:19; II Corinthians 1:8-9; II Corinthians 12:10; II Thessalonians 1:4; II Timothy 3:11-12; Hebrews 10:32-34; James 2:6-7; I Peter 1:6-7; I Peter 4:13; Revelation 1:9; Revelation 6:9 etc.) persecutions, "reproaches, spoiling of" their "goods," stripes, deaths, which they endured for Christ' s sake.

They knew too their own poverty, Rup: "knowing themselves to be sinners, and that they were justified only by faith in Jesus Christ." When the rest were cast out "of the midst of her," these should be left "in the midst of her" (the words stand in contrast with one another) in the bosom of the Church. "And they shall trust in the name of the Lord." "As they looked to be justified only in the Name of Christ," and (Dionysius) "trusted in the grace and power of God alone, not in any power or wisdom or eloquence or riches of this world, they converted the world to a faith above nature." Cyril: "Conformed in this too to Christ. Who for our sakes became poor and almost neglected both His divine glory and the supereminence of His nature, to subject Himself to the condition of a servant. So then those instructed in His laws after His example, think humbly of themselves, They became most exceedingly loved of God, and chiefly the divine disciples, who were set as lights of the world."


 
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