Zephaniah 3:12 KJV — MannaFest

Zephaniah 3:12

I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord.

KJV

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ASV

But I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall take refuge in the name of Jehovah.

WEB

But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.

YLT

And I have left in thy midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the name of Jehovah.

DBT

And I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of Jehovah.

About this book

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Zephaniah — A great-great-grandson of Hezekiah prophesying in Josiah's day. Judgment on Judah, judgment on the nations, and a closing song of the LORD singing over his people.

Author: Zephaniah, son of Cushi, four generations from Hizkiah (Hezekiah) — 1:1
Date: During Josiah's reign, c. 640–609 BC

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Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Isaiah 25:4
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
1 Corinthians 1:27
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
Isaiah 14:32
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
Nahum 1:7
The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

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When the Chaldeans carried away the Jews into captivity they left of the poor of the land for vine-dressers and husbandmen, a type and figure of God's distinguished remnant, whom he sets apart for himself. They are afflicted and poor, low in the world; such God has chosen, James ii. The poor are evangelized, low in their own eyes, afflicted for sin, poor in spirit.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

afflicted . . . they shall trust in . . . Lord--the blessed effect of sanctified affliction on the Jewish remnant. Entire trust in the Lord cannot be, except where all cause for boasting is taken away (Isa 14:32;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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