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16 On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem,
    “Fear not, O Zion;
    your hands shall not hang limp.
17 Yahweh your God is in your midst;
    a mighty warrior who saves.
He shall rejoice over you with joy;
    he renews[a] you in his love;
    he will exult over you with singing.
18 I will gather those of you grieving on account of the feast;
    they were raising against her a reproach.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:17 The translation follows the LXX text; the traditional Hebrew text reads “he will silence you in his love”

16 On that day
    they will say to Jerusalem,
“Do not fear, Zion;
    do not let your hands hang limp.(A)
17 The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.(B)
He will take great delight(C) in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,(D)
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”(E)

18 “I will remove from you
    all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,
    which is a burden and reproach for you.

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16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

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