Zephaniah 3:7-9

International Children’s Bible

⁷ I said, ‘Maybe now Jerusalem will respect me.
    Maybe now my people will let me teach them to do right.’
Then the place where they lived would not be destroyed.
    Then I would not have punished them.
They got up early in order to do evil.
    Everything they did was bad.
⁸ Just wait,” says the Lord.
    “Some day I will hold court and be the judge.
I will gather nations.
    I will assemble kingdoms.
I will pour out my anger on them.
    My anger will be very strong.
My anger will be like fire.
    And the whole world will be burned up.

⁹ “Then I will make the people of all nations speak a pure language.
    All of them will speak the name of the Lord.
    And they will worship me together.