Zephaniah 3:20

At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD speaks to Judah, the remnant after judgment, at the fixed future moment when affliction has been dealt with (3:19).

The words — קַבְּצִי (qabbe.tzi), Piel jussive of q-b-ts, "I will gather," is the verse's central action; the doubled temporal phrase בָּעֵת הַהִיא (ba.'et ha.hi') hammers that this is an appointed, not open-ended, time.

The thread — The same gather-and-vindicate pattern runs through Jeremiah 29:14 (restoration from captivity, gathering from all nations) and Malachi 3:12 (nations calling the people blessed).

Why it lands — The verse asks a reader to hold present disgrace and future public reversal in the same frame, without collapsing one into the other.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.

Cross-references

Malachi 3:12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Jeremiah 29:14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”
Isaiah 56:5 I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
Isaiah 60:15 Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.
Joel 3:1 “Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,
Amos 9:14 I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
Isaiah 66:22 “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
Ezekiel 34:16 I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
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.
Zephaniah 3:19 Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.