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Zephaniah 3:18 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" I will remove those who grieve about the appointed feasts from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you. "

Zephaniah 3:18

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16 In that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, “Don’t be afraid, Zion. Don’t let your hands be weak.”

17 The LORD, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

18 I will remove those who grieve about the appointed feasts from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you.

19 Behold, at that time I will deal with all those who afflict you; and I will save those who are lame and gather those who were driven away. I will give them praise and honor, whose shame has been in all the earth.

20 At that time I will bring you in, and at that time I will gather you; for I will give you honor and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your fortunes before your eyes, says the LORD.

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Deuteronomy 16:14

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"You shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates."

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Amos 8:10

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"I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day."

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Nahum 1:15

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"Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off."

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Nehemiah 8:10

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"Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”"

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Joel 1:13

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"Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house."

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Tobit 2:6

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"and remembered the prophecy of Amos, as he said, “Your feasts will be turned into mourning, and all your mirth into lamentation."

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Zephaniah 3:1

"Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!"

Zephaniah 3:2

"She didn’t obey the voice. She didn’t receive correction. She didn’t trust in the LORD. She didn’t draw near to her God."

Zephaniah 3:3

"Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day."

Zephaniah 3:4

"Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law."

Zephaniah 3:5

"The LORD, within her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn’t fail, but the unjust know no shame."

Zephaniah 3:6

"I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant."

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