Zephaniah 3:14 (LSB)

Passage

Sing for joy, O daughter of Zion! Make a loud shout, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Nearby Context

Zephaniah 3:12 But I will cause to remain in your midst A lowly and poor people, And they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.

Zephaniah 3:13 The remnant of Israel will do no injustice And not speak falsehood, Nor will a deceitful tongue Be found in their mouths; For they will feed and lie down With no one to make them tremble.”

Zephaniah 3:14 Sing for joy, O daughter of Zion! Make a loud shout, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Zephaniah 3:15 Yahweh has taken away His judgments against you; He has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, Yahweh, is in your midst; You will fear evil no more.

Zephaniah 3:16 In that day it will be said to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; Do not let your hands fall limp.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sing", "daughter", "zion", "make", "loud", "shout", "israel", and "glad". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sing" and "daughter", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "The remnant of Israel will do no..." into verse 15's "Yahweh has taken away His judgments against...", so "sing" and "daughter" 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 "sing" and "daughter" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.