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Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame,
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A Call to 'Sift' Yourself
Multiple commentators suggest the phrase "gather yourselves together" is better understood as a call to "sift" or "search" oneself. This implies a deep, diligent, and repeated self-examination. Rather than a casual glance, it's a call to inspect one's life piece by piece, identifying specific sins to bring before God in repentance.
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Zephaniah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Having set forth the terrors of the Judgment Day, the prophet adds an earnest call to repentance. He then declares how judgments, forerunners of th…
19th Century
Anglican
Gather yourselves together. — This rendering has little to recommend it. Two translations of the obscure verb used here are possib…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Gather yourselves together This is said to the people of the Jews in general; that whereas the judgments of God were…
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The prophet calls for national repentance as the only way to prevent national ruin. A nation not desiring (that is, one that has no desires toward …
