Zephaniah 3:13

The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD speaks to the remnant of Israel, the small group that survives the judgment of Zephaniah 1–3:8, at the moment of transition from destruction to restoration.

The words — she'erit (שְׁאֵרִית, "remnant") names the subject: a small, surviving group, not a restored nation in full. khaZav (כָזָב, "falsehood") is the specific sin eliminated — not just general wickedness but the lie in the mouth.

The thread — Revelation 14:5 echoes the absence of lies in the mouths of the redeemed; Micah 4:7 pairs the remnant with the LORD ruling over them on Mount Zion; Isaiah 60:21 extends the promise to permanent possession of the land.

Why it lands — The verse defines a people by what is absent from them (injustice, lies, fear) rather than by what they possess, and it ties that absence to the condition stated in verse 12: meekness, humility, and trust in the LORD's name.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.

The Hebrew words

שְׁאֵרִ֨יתshe.'e.Rit[the] remnant of יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElIsrael לֹֽא־lo'-not יַעֲשׂ֤וּya.'a.Suthey will do עַוְלָה֙'av.Lahinjustice וְלֹא־ve./lo'-and/ not יְדַבְּר֣וּye.da.be.Ruthey will speak כָזָ֔בkha.Zavfalsehood וְלֹֽא־ve./lo'-and/ not יִמָּצֵ֥אyi.ma.Tze'it will be found בְּפִיהֶ֖םbe./fi./Hemin/ mouth/ their לְשׁ֣וֹןle.Shona tongue of תַּרְמִ֑יתtar.Mitdeceitfulness כִּֽי־ki-for הֵ֛מָּהHe.mahthey יִרְע֥וּyir.'Uthey will graze וְרָבְצ֖וּve./ra.ve.Tzuand/ they will lie down וְאֵ֥יןve./'Einand/ there not מַחֲרִֽיד׃ סma.cha.Rid[will be one who] disturbs [them]

King James Version

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Cross-references

Revelation 14:5 And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
Isaiah 60:21 Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
Micah 4:7 And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.
Zephaniah 2:7 The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.
Ezekiel 34:13 I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.
Micah 4:4 And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
Isaiah 17:2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
John 1:47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
Isaiah 10:20 On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 54:14 In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.