Zephaniah 3:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

I will gather those who are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of you, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נוּגֵ֧י מִמּוֹעֵ֛ד אָסַ֖פְתִּי מִמֵּ֣ךְ הָי֑וּ מַשְׂאֵ֥ת עָלֶ֖יהָ חֶרְפָּֽה

Transliteration

nûgê from môʿēd ʾāsaptî from mimmēk they were; maśʾēt upon ʿālêhā ḥerpâ

Grammar Details

• *nûgê*: niphal participle masculine plural construct - those grieving from
• *môʿēd*: masculine singular noun - appointed time/feast
• *ʾāsaptî*: qal perfect 1st singular - I have gathered
• *mimmēk*: preposition with 2nd feminine singular suffix - from you
• *maśʾēt*: feminine singular noun - burden/load
• *ʿālêhā*: preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - upon her
• *ḥerpâ*: feminine singular noun - reproach/disgrace

Word Meanings

• *nûgê*: those grieving from/those afflicted without
• *môʿēd*: appointed time/feast/assembly
• *ʾāsaptî*: I have gathered/collected/brought in
• *mimmēk*: from you/away from you
• *maśʾēt*: burden/load/reproach
• *ḥerpâ*: reproach/disgrace/shame

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I will gather those who grieve over the appointed festivals, who were burdened with disgrace because of her.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I will gather{H622} them that sorrow{H3013} for the solemn assembly,{H4150} who were of thee; [to whom] the burden{H4864} upon her was a reproach.{H2781}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I will gather{H622}{(H8804)} them that are sorrowful{H3013}{(H8737)} for the solemn assembly{H4150}, who are of thee, to whom the reproach{H2781} of it was a burden{H4864}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Soch as haue bene in heuynesse, wil I gather together, and take out of thy congregacion: as for the shame and reprofe that hath bene layed vpon the, it shal be farre from the.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  After a certaine time will I gather the afflicted that were of thee, and them that bare the reproch for it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  After a certayne time will I gather the afflicted that were of thee, and them that bare the reproche for it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Those who are sad for the appointed feasts, I will remove from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Mine afflicted from the appointed place I have gathered, from thee they have been, Bearing for her sake reproach.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee; `to whom' the burden upon her was a reproach.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee; [to whom] the burden upon her was a reproach.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I will take away your troubles, lifting up your shame from off you.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “As for those who grieve because they cannot attend the festivals– I took them away from you; they became tribute and were a source of shame to you.

Referenced Verses

• Lam 1:4 : 4 The ways of Zion mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
• Ps 42:2-4 : 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is your God? 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept a feast.
• Ps 43:3 : 3 O send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your tabernacles.
• Ps 63:1-2 : 1 O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water; 2 To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the sanctuary.
• Ps 84:1-2 : 1 How lovely are your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts! 2 My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
• Ps 137:3-6 : 3 For there, those who carried us away captive required of us a song; and those who wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. 6 If I do not remember you, let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth; if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
• Jer 23:3 : 3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their folds, and they shall be fruitful and increase.
• Jer 31:8-9 : 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the ends of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who is in labor together: a great company shall return there. 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
• Lam 1:7 : 7 Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none helped her: the adversaries saw her and mocked at her sabbaths.
• Lam 2:6-7 : 6 And He has violently taken away His tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: He has destroyed His places of the assembly: the Lord has caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and has despised in the indignation of His anger the king and the priest. 7 The Lord has cast off His altar, He has abhorred His sanctuary, He has given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.
• Ezek 34:13 : 13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
• Ezek 36:24 : 24 For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
• Hos 1:11 : 11 Then the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
• Hos 9:5 : 5 What will you do in the appointed day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?
• Zeph 3:20 : 20 At that time I will 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, says the LORD.
• Rom 11:25-26 : 25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;