Zephaniah 3:11
in Zephaniah 3On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
In that day shalt thou not be put to shame for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proudly exulting ones, and thou shalt no more be haughty in my holy mountain.
KJV
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
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This verse in Zephaniah 3
Commentary
8 notes on this verse(Verse 10 onwards) Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, there my scattered children, the offspring of my dispersed ones, will bring a gift to me. On that day you will no longer be ashamed of all your rebellious acts against me, for then I will remove from your midst those who proudly boast of their arrogance, and you will no longer exalt yourself on my holy mountain. I will leave in your midst a humble and oppressed people, and they will trust in the name of the Lord.
This site's exposition
them that rejoice in thy pride
on Zephaniah 3:11-13
Shame is removed not by forgetting the transgression but by removing the proud from the city's midst, the purge the bench reads as moral rather than merely political, pride specifically named as what must go before shame can lift. Verse 12 leaves in the city's place an afflicted and poor people who trust in the name of the Lord, the same remnant theme running through the whole book from the meek of 2:3 to the hidden ones the prophet's own name carries. Verse 13's remnant that shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies, feeding and lying down with none to make them afraid, pictures Micah's vine and fig tree peace given not to the powerful but to the humbled.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
63 ), but they shall not be ashamed as sinners that return to folly again. " Thou shalt not be ashamed, that is, thou shalt no more do a shameful thing, as thou hast done." The guilt of sin being taken away by pardoning mercy, the reproach of it shall be rolled away from the sinner's own conscience, that being purified, and pacified, and cleansed from dead works.
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Thy doings - Thy sins formerly committed. In thy pride - Proud formalists. No more be haughty - Ye shall no more boast, because of the city, or the temple.
In that day shall thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings - Because God, forgiving them, will blot them out and no more remember them. This was first fulfilled in the Gospel. Cyril: “No one can doubt that when Christ came in the flesh, there was an amnesty and remission to all who believed. ‘For we are justified not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His great mercy.’ But we have been released from shame.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
shalt thou not be ashamed--Thou shalt then have no cause to be ashamed; for I will then take away out of the midst of thee those who by their sins gave thee cause for shame (Zep 3:7). them that rejoice in thy pride--those priding themselves on that which thou boastest of, thy temple ("My holy mountain"), thy election as God's people, &c., in the Pharisaic spirit (Jer 7:4;
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Shalt thou not be ashamed - Thy punishment shall cease, for God shall pardon thy sin. For then I will take away out of the midst of thee - The wicked Jewish priests and scribes who blasphemed Christ, and would not come under his yoke. Because of my holy mountain - Thou wilt no more boast in my temple, but become meek and lowly in following him who is meek and lowly in heart, that ye may obtain rest to your souls.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
you shall not be ashamed of all your deeds Because you have already suffered, and your iniquity has been expiated.
2 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
From the other side of the rivers of Cush They will bring Me an offering.
a humble and poor people A humble people that submits to humiliation.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַה֗וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תֵב֙וֹשִׁי֙ | tevooshi | you will be ashamed | H954 → | |
| מִכֹּ֣ל | mikol | from all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֲלִילֹתַ֔יִךְ | ʾalilotayikh | practices your | H5949 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| פָּשַׁ֖עַתְּ | pashaat | you have transgressed | H6586 → | |
| בִּ֑י | bi | against me | ||
| כִּי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אָ֣ז׀ | ʾaz | then | H227 → | |
| אָסִ֣יר | ʾasir | I will remove | H5493 → | |
| מִקִּרְבֵּ֗ךְ | mikirbekh | from midst your | H7130 → | 227 times |
| עַלִּיזֵי֙ | ʾalizei | [the] exultant [ones] of | H5947 → | |
| גַּאֲוָתֵ֔ךְ | gaavatekh | pride your | H1346 → | |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תוֹסִ֧פִי | tosifi | you will repeat | H3254 → | |
| לְגָבְהָ֛ה | legavehah | to be haughty | H1361 → | |
| ע֖וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| בְּהַ֥ר | behar | on [the] mountain of | H2022 → | |
| קָדְשִֽׁי׃ | kodshi | holiness my | H6944 → |
בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַה֗וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תֵב֙וֹשִׁי֙you will be ashamed
tevooshiH954 →
מִכֹּ֣לfrom all
mikolH3605 →5413 times
עֲלִילֹתַ֔יִךְpractices your
ʾalilotayikhH5949 →
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
פָּשַׁ֖עַתְּyou have transgressed
pashaatH6586 →
בִּ֑יagainst me
bi
כִּי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אָ֣ז׀then
ʾazH227 →
אָסִ֣ירI will remove
ʾasirH5493 →
מִקִּרְבֵּ֗ךְfrom midst your
mikirbekhH7130 →227 times
עַלִּיזֵי֙[the] exultant [ones] of
ʾalizeiH5947 →
גַּאֲוָתֵ֔ךְpride your
gaavatekhH1346 →
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
תוֹסִ֧פִיyou will repeat
tosifiH3254 →
לְגָבְהָ֛הto be haughty
legavehahH1361 →
ע֖וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
בְּהַ֥רon [the] mountain of
beharH2022 →
קָדְשִֽׁי׃holiness my
kodshiH6944 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 61:7Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy…
it leads to
- Job 42:10
After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
- Zechariah 9:12
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
- Isaiah 40:2
“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her…
- Isaiah 60:19–20
No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…
- Psalms 16:11
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- Job 42:10
Through
Isaiah 54:4Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember…
it leads to
- Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- 1 Peter 2:6
For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Isaiah 41:10
Through
Isaiah 11:9They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
it leads to
- Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
- Habakkuk 2:14
Where this verse is studied
About Zephaniah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Zephaniah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.