Zephaniah 3:13 “The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will…”

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

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid.”

American Standard 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

The remnant of Israel shall do none iniquitie, nor speake lies: neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shalbe fed, and lie downe, and none shall make them afraide.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

The remnant of Israel do no perversity, nor speak lies, Nor found in their mouth is a deceitful tongue, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.

Bible in Basic English

The rest of Israel will do no evil and say no false words; the tongue of deceit will not be seen in their mouth: for they will take their food and their rest, and no one will be a cause of fear to them.

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Cross references

“remnant”

Zephaniah 2:7 Micah 4:7 Isaiah 10:20–22 Isaiah 6:13 Romans 11:4–7

Zephaniah 2:7 · BSB

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 capti…

Micah 4:7 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 10:20–22 · BSB

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 6:13 · BSB

And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”

Romans 11:4–7 · BSB

And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

“not”

Isaiah 60:21 Jeremiah 31:33 Ezekiel 36:25–27 Joel 3:17 Isaiah 11:6–9 Isaiah 35:8

Isaiah 60:21 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 31:33 · BSB

“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Ezekiel 36:25–27 · BSB

I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

Joel 3:17 · BSB

Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.

Isaiah 11:6–9 · BSB

The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.

Isaiah 35:8 · BSB

And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.

“nor”

Revelation 14:5 John 1:47 Isaiah 63:8 Colossians 3:9 Revelation 21:8 Revelation 21:27

Revelation 14:5 · BSB

And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.

John 1:47 · BSB

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

Isaiah 63:8 · BSB

For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.

Colossians 3:9 · BSB

Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

Revelation 21:8 · BSB

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 21:27 · BSB

But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

“they”

Ezekiel 34:13–15 Micah 4:4 Jeremiah 23:4 Ezekiel 34:23–28 Psalm 23:2 Isaiah 65:10

Ezekiel 34:13–15 · BSB

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 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 23:4 · BSB

I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 34:23–28 · BSB

I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

Psalm 23:2 · BSB

He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

Isaiah 65:10 · BSB

Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.

“and”

Isaiah 17:2 Isaiah 54:14 Ezekiel 39:26 Jeremiah 30:10 1 Peter 3:14

Isaiah 17:2 · BSB

The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.

Isaiah 54:14 · BSB

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.

Ezekiel 39:26 · BSB

They will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them.

Jeremiah 30:10 · BSB

As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will retu…

1 Peter 3:14 · BSB

But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”

Also

Psalm 119:3

Psalm 119:3 · BSB

They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.

14Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!

Read Zephaniah 3