Zephaniah 3:10 (GNV)

Passage

From beyonde the riuers of Ethiopia, the daughter of my dispersed, praying vnto me, shall bring me an offering.

Nearby Context

Zephaniah 3:8 Therefore wait ye vpon me, saith the Lord, vntill the day that I rise vp to the praye: for I am determined to gather the nations, and that I will assemble the kingdomes to powre vpon them mine indignation, euen all my fierce wrath: for all the earth shall be deuoured with the fire of my ielousie.

Zephaniah 3:9 Surely then will I turne to the people a pure language, that they may all call vpon the Name of the Lord, to serue him with one cosent.

Zephaniah 3:10 From beyonde the riuers of Ethiopia, the daughter of my dispersed, praying vnto me, shall bring me an offering.

Zephaniah 3:11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy workes, wherein thou hast transgressed against mee: for then I will take away out of the middes of thee them that reioyce of thy pride, and thou shalt no more be proude of mine holy Mountaine.

Zephaniah 3:12 Then will I leaue in the middes of thee an humble and poore people: and they shall trust in the Name of the Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "beyonde", "riuers", "ethiopia", "daughter", "dispersed", "praying", "vnto", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "beyonde" and "riuers", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Surely then will I turne to the..." into verse 11's "In that day shalt thou not be...", so "beyonde" and "riuers" belong inside that flow. In Zephaniah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "beyonde" and "riuers" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.