Worshippers From All Nations

Worshippers From All Nations

Zephaniah 3:9-10 9

For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.

10 From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering.

Zephaniah 3:11 11

On that day you shall not be put to shame because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain.

Zephaniah 3:12-13 12

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But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly.

They shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD, those who are left in Israel; they shall do no injustice and speak no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue.

For they shall graze and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Zephaniah 3:9,11 9

For at that time . . .

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On that day . . .

The Day of the Lord -a time when God intervenes in the affairs of mankind to defeat evil and/or to rescue His people

Worshippers from All Nations (Zeph. 3:9-13) God Promises to Purify and Gather His People from All Nations

• Action (v. 9 – 10) • Purpose (v. 9 – 10) • Result (v. 11 – 13)

Zephaniah 3:9-10 9

For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.

10 From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering.

Matthew 12:34; 15:18 For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.

Isaiah 6:5 "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"

Zephaniah 3:9-10 9

For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.

10 From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering.

Hosea 2:17 For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more.

Zephaniah 3:9-10 9

For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.

10 From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering.

Genesis 11:1-4 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there . . . Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth."

Genesis 11:6-7 And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech."

Genesis 11:8-9 So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. And from there the LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

Revelation 7:9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

Zephaniah 3:9-10 9

For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.

10 From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering.

Zephaniah 3:9-10 9

For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.

10 From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering.

Zephaniah 2:11b 11

and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the lands of the nations.

Zephaniah 1:2-3 2

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"I will utterly sweep away everything from the face of the earth," declares the LORD. "I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, and the rubble with the wicked.

I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth," declares the LORD.

Acts 2:5-6 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.

And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language.

Ephesians 3:6 This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

Worshippers from All Nations (Zeph. 3:9-13) God Promises to Purify and Gather His People from All Nations

• Action (v. 9 – 10)

Worshippers from All Nations (Zeph. 3:9-13) God Promises to Purify and Gather His People from All Nations

• Action (v. 9 – 10) • Purpose (v. 9 – 10)

Zephaniah 3:9-10 9

For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.

10 From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering.

Acts 2:21 Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Zephaniah 3:9-10 9

For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.

10 From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering.

Romans 15:6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Zephaniah 3:9-10 9

For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.

10 From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering.

Worshippers from All Nations (Zeph. 3:9-13) God Promises to Purify and Gather His People from All Nations

• Action (v. 9 – 10) • Purpose (v. 9 – 10)

Worshippers from All Nations (Zeph. 3:9-13) God Promises to Purify and Gather His People from All Nations

• Action (v. 9 – 10) • Purpose (v. 9 – 10) • Result (v. 11 – 13)

Zephaniah 3:11 11

On that day you shall not be put to shame because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain.

Zephaniah 3:12-13 12

But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly.

They shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD, 13 those who are left in Israel;

Zephaniah 3:12-13 12

But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly.

They shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD, 13 those who are left in Israel; they shall do no injustice and speak no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue.

For they shall graze and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Revelation 5:9 "Worthy are you . . . by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation,�