ZEP 2:1 Parallel Verse View

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UST You people of Judah who ought to be ashamed,
⇔ gather together to ask God to be merciful to you.

BSB  ⇔ Gather yourselves, gather together,
⇔ O shameful nation,

OEB Be ashamed within yourselves, be ashamed,

WEB Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame,

MSG Seek God
(1-2) So get yourselves together. Shape up!
  You’re a nation without a clue about what it wants.
Do it before you’re blown away
  like leaves in a windstorm,
Before God’s Judgment-anger
  sweeps down on you,
Before God’s Judgment Day wrath
  descends with full force.
    * * *

NET Bunch yourselves together like straw, you undesirable nation,

LSV Bend yourselves, indeed, bend,
O nation not desired,

FBV Come together, yes, gather together, you worthless nation—

T4T You people of Judah who ought to be ashamed,
⇔ gather together [DOU].

LEB No LEB ZEP 2:1 verse available

BBE Come together, make everyone come together, O nation without shame;

MOF No MOF ZEP book available

JPS Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O shameless nation;

ASV Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation that hath no shame;

DRA Assemble yourselves together, be gathered together, O nation not worthy to be loved:

YLT Bend yourselves, yea, bend ye, O nation not desired,

DBY Collect yourselves and gather together, O nation without shame,

RV Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation that hath no shame;

WBS Assemble yourselves, yes, assemble, O nation not desired;

KJB Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;[fn]
(Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;)

2.1 not…: or, not desirous

BB Gather your selues, eue gather you, O nation not worthy to be loued,
(Gather your selves, eue gather you, O nation not worthy to be loved,)

GNV Gather your selues, euen gather you, O nation not worthie to be loued,
(Gather your selves, even gather you, O nation not worthy to be loved, )

CB Come together and gather you, O ye frauwerde people:
(Come together and gather you, O ye/you_all frauwerde people:)

WYC Come ye togidere, be gaderid, ye folc not worthi to be loued,
(Come ye/you_all together, be gathered, ye/you_all folc not worthy to be loved,)

LUT Sammelt euch und kommet her, ihr feindseliges Volk,
(Sammelt you and kommet her, her feindseliges people,)

CLV [Convenite, congregamini, gens non amabilis,
([Convenite, congregamini, gens not/no amabilis, )

BRN Be ye gathered and closely joined together, O unchastened nation;

BrLXX Συνάχθητε, καὶ συνδέθητε τὸ ἔθνος τὸ ἀπαίδευτον,
(Sunaⱪthaʸte, kai sundethaʸte to ethnos to apaideuton, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

הִֽתְקוֹשְׁשׁ֖וּ וָ⁠ק֑וֹשּׁוּ

gather_~_together and,gather_together

Zephaniah is repeating the verb Gather in order to emphasize the idea that it expresses. If a speaker of your language would not do that, you may be able to express the emphasis in another way in your translation. Alternate translation: “It is urgent that you gather together”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

הִֽתְקוֹשְׁשׁ֖וּ וָ⁠ק֑וֹשּׁוּ

gather_~_together and,gather_together

The word yourselves is plural because Zephaniah is addressing the Judeans as a group. The implied “you” in each of these imperative forms is also plural. So use plural forms in your translation if your language marks that distinction. (The word “you” and the implied “you” in imperatives continue to be plural in verses 2 and 3.)

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הִֽתְקוֹשְׁשׁ֖וּ

gather_~_together

Zephaniah is implicitly telling the Judeans to Gather … together in order to repent. That is, he is telling them that they urgently need to hold a solemn assembly in which they confess and forsake their sins and ask Yahweh to be merciful to them. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “Gather yourselves together in repentance”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes

הַ⁠גּ֖וֹי לֹ֥א נִכְסָֽף

the,nation not shame

Zephaniah is expressing a positive meaning by using a negative word together with a word that is the opposite of the intended meaning. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. The phrase translated not desired could mean: (1) that Yahweh does not want to be close to this nation because he is so angry with its people over their sinfulness and idolatry. Alternate translation: “O nation with whom Yahweh is so angry” (2) that the people of this nation are not ashamed of the wrong things that they have been doing. Alternate translation: “O shameless nation”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הַ⁠גּ֖וֹי לֹ֥א נִכְסָֽף

the,nation not shame

Zephaniah is implicitly addressing the nation of Judah. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “you Judeans with whom Yahweh is so angry” or “you shameless Judeans”

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