Zephaniah 3:7-9

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁷ I said ⌞to my people⌟,
‘You will fear me.
You will accept correction!’
Then their homeland would not be wiped out
even though I have punished them.
Still, they continued to be corrupt in everything they did.”
⁸ The Lord declares, “Just wait!
One day I will stand up as a witness.
I have decided to gather nations,
to bring kingdoms together,
and to pour my rage, my burning anger, on them.
The whole land will be consumed by my fiery fury.

⁹ “Then I will give all people pure lips
to worship the Lord
and to serve him with one purpose.