the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Zephaniah 2:3
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All you humble people, come to the Lord ! Obey his laws. Learn to do good things. Learn to be humble. Maybe then you will be safe when the Lord shows his anger.
Seek the LORD, All you humble of the earth Who have practiced His ordinances; Seek righteousness, seek humility. Perhaps you will remain hidden On the day of the LORD'S anger.
Come to the Lord , all you who are not proud, who obey his laws. Do what is right. Learn to be humble. Maybe you will escape on the day the Lord shows his anger.
Seek Yahweh, all you meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be you will be hid in the day of Yahweh's anger.
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, who have performed his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
Seek the LORD [search diligently for Him and regard Him as the foremost necessity of your life], All you humble of the land Who have practiced His ordinances and have kept His commandments; Seek righteousness, seek humility [regard them as vital]. Perhaps you will be hidden [and pardoned and rescued] In the day of the LORD'S anger.
Seek the Lord , all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord .
Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh's anger.
Alle myelde men of erthe, seke ye the Lord, whiche han wrouyt the doom of hym; seke ye the iust, seke ye the mylde, if ony maner ye be hid in the dai of strong veniaunce of the Lord.
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth, who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the Day of the LORD's anger.
If you humbly obey the Lord , then come and worship him. If you do right and are humble, perhaps you will be safe on that day when the Lord turns loose his anger.
Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.
Seek Adonai , all you humble in the land, you who exercise his justice; seek righteousness, seek humility — you might be hidden on the day of Adonai 's anger.
Seek Jehovah, all ye meek of the land, who have performed his ordinance; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
Seek ye the LORD, all ye humble of the earth, that have executed His ordinance; seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
Seeke ye the Lord all ye meeke of the earth, which haue wrought his iudgement, seeke righteousnesse, seeke meeknesse: it may be, ye shall be hid in the day of the Lords anger.
Look for the Lord, all you people of the earth who are not proud, and who have obeyed His Laws. Look for what is right and good. Have no pride. You may be kept safe on the day of the Lord's anger.
Seek the Lord , all you humble of the land, who do his commands; seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the Lord 's wrath.
Seeke yee the Lorde all the meeke of the earth, which haue wrought his iudgement: seeke righteousnesse, seeke lowlinesse, if so bee that ye may be hid in the day of the Lords wrath.
Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, execute justice; seek righteousness and meekness; perhaps you may find refuge in the day of the LORDS anger.
Seek Yahweh - all ye lowly of the land, who have wrought, what he appointed, - seek righteousness, seek humility, peradventure, ye shall be concealed, in the day of the anger of Yahweh?
Seek the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, you that have wrought his judgment: seek the just, seek the meek: if by any means you may be hid in the day of the Lord’s indignation.
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who do his commands; seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the wrath of the LORD.
Seke the Lorde all ye meeke hearted vpon earth, ye that worke after his iudgement: seke righteousnesse, seke lowlinesse, that ye may be defended in the wrothfull day of the Lorde:
Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth; do judgment, and seek justice, and answer accordingly; that ye may be hid in the day of the wrath of the Lord.
Turn to the Lord , all you humble people of the land, who obey his commands. Do what is right, and humble yourselves before the Lord . Perhaps you will escape punishment on the day when the Lord shows his anger.
Seek the Lord, all you humble of the earth,who carry out what he commands.Seek righteousness, seek humility;perhaps you will be concealedon the day of the Lord’s anger.
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of the LORD's anger.
Seek ye the Lord , all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord 's anger.
Seek Yahweh, all you afflicted of the land who have fulfilled his law; seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be concealed on the day of the anger of Yahweh.
Seek Jehovah, all the meek of the earth who have done His justice; seek righteousness; seek meekness. It may be you shall be hidden in the day of the anger of Jehovah.
Seek Jehovah, all ye humble of the land, Who His judgment have done, Seek ye righteousness, seek humility, It may be ye are hidden in a day of the anger of Jehovah.
yee or the daye of the LORDES sore displeasure come vpon you. Seke the LORDE all yee meke harted vpon earth, ye that worke after his iudgmet: seke rightuousnesse, seke lowlynesse: that ye maye be defended in the wrothfull daye of ye LORDE.
Seek God , all you quietly disciplined people who live by God 's justice. Seek God 's right ways. Seek a quiet and disciplined life. Perhaps you'll be hidden on the Day of God 's anger.
Seek the Lord 's favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the Lord 's angry judgment.
Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden In the day of the LORD's anger.
Seek the LORD, All you humble of the earth Who have carried out His ordinances; Seek righteousness, seek humility. Perhaps you will be hidden In the day of the LORD'S anger.
Seek Yahweh,All you humble of the earthWho have worked His justice;Seek righteousness, seek humility.Perhaps you will be hiddenIn the day of Yahweh's anger.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Seek ye: Psalms 105:4, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 3:13, Jeremiah 3:14, Jeremiah 4:1, Jeremiah 4:2, Jeremiah 29:12, Jeremiah 29:13, Hosea 7:10, Hosea 10:12, Amos 5:4-6, Amos 5:14, Amos 5:15, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8
all: 2 Chronicles 34:27, 2 Chronicles 34:28, Psalms 22:26, Psalms 25:8, Psalms 25:9, Psalms 76:9, Psalms 149:4, Isaiah 61:1, Jeremiah 22:15, Jeremiah 22:16, Zechariah 8:19, Matthew 5:5, James 1:21, James 1:22, 1 Peter 3:4
seek righteousness: Philippians 3:13, Philippians 3:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 1 Thessalonians 4:10, 1 Peter 1:22, 2 Peter 3:18
it may: 2 Samuel 12:22, Joel 2:13, Joel 2:14, Amos 5:15, Jonah 3:9
hid: Genesis 7:15, Genesis 7:16, Exodus 12:27, Psalms 31:20, Psalms 32:6, Psalms 32:7, Psalms 57:1, Psalms 91:1, Proverbs 18:10, Isaiah 26:20, Isaiah 26:21, Jeremiah 39:18, Jeremiah 45:5, Colossians 3:2-4
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:6 - it may be 1 Chronicles 16:11 - Seek Psalms 10:4 - will not Psalms 25:10 - keep Psalms 147:6 - lifteth up Isaiah 1:17 - seek Isaiah 3:10 - Say ye Isaiah 11:4 - for the meek Isaiah 13:6 - for the day Isaiah 29:19 - meek Isaiah 51:1 - ye that seek Jeremiah 5:31 - and what Jeremiah 36:3 - may be Lamentations 3:29 - if Ezekiel 13:5 - the day Ezekiel 14:20 - by Daniel 4:27 - if it Amos 5:13 - an evil Micah 6:8 - to do Acts 2:20 - great Ephesians 4:2 - lowliness James 3:13 - with meekness Revelation 7:3 - till
Cross-References
On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work.
And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.
This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nostrils, and the man became a living person.
Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made.
A river flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches.
The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found.
The gold of that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there.
The second branch, called the Gihon, flowed around the entire land of Cush.
The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called the Euphrates.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth,.... Or "of the land", of the land of Judea. In this time of great apostasy, there was a remnant according to the election of grace, whom the Lord reserved for himself, and bestowed his grace upon; and it is for the sake of these that the general exhortations to repentance and reformation are given out, to whom alone they were to be useful, that they might be protected and preserved from the general ruin; for such as are here described are persons the Lord takes great notice of; he gives them more grace; he lifts them up when bowed down; he beautifies them with salvation; he feeds them to full satisfaction; he teaches them his ways, his mind and will; he dwells with them here, and will cause them to inherit the new heaven and new earth hereafter: they are such who have a true sense of sin, and the exceeding sinfulness of it, which humbles them; and, conscious of the imperfection of their own righteousness, submit to the righteousness of Christ; acknowledge they are saved alone by the grace of God; and that all they have and expect to enjoy is owing to that; they are humble under the mighty hand of God, in every afflictive providence; patiently take all wrongs, abuses, and injuries done them by men; and not envious at the superior gifts, grace, and usefulness of others, but rejoice therein; have mean sentiments of themselves, and very high ones of others that excel in grace and holiness; these are truly gracious persons; and are like unto, and are followers of, the meek and lowly Jesus: and are here exhorted "to seek the Lord": that is, by prayer and supplication, to know more of his mind and will, and especially their duty in their present circumstances; implore his grace and mercy, protection and safety, in a day of common danger; and attend the public ordinances of his house, in order to enjoy his presence and communion with him: for to seek the Lord is to seek his face and favour, to have the light of his countenance, and the discoveries of his love; and to seek his honour and glory in all things: particularly the Lord Christ may be meant, who was to come in the flesh, and good men sought for before he came, and now he is come; and to him should men seek for righteousness and life; for peace and pardon; for grace, and all supplies of it: and for everlasting salvation; and all this before as well as since his coming: and such seek him aright, who seek him early, in the first place, and above all things; who seek him with their whole hearts, sincerely, diligently, and constantly; and where he is to be found, in the ministry of his word and ordinances:
which have wrought his judgment: the judgment of the Lord; acted according to his mind and will, revealed in his word, which is the rule of judgment, both as to faith and practice; observed his laws and statutes; kept his ordinances, as they were delivered; and did works of righteousness from right principles, and with right views, as fruits of faith, and as meet for repentance:
seek righteousness; not their own, and justification by that; for this would be doing what the carnal Jews did, and in vain, and is inconsistent with seeking the Lord, as before; but the righteousness of God, the kingdom of God and his righteousness, even the righteousness of Christ, who is God, and which only gives a right unto the kingdom of God or heaven: seeking this supposes a want of righteousness, which is in every man; a sense of that want, which only some have; a view of a righteousness without a man, in another, even in Christ; and of the glory, fulness, and excellency of his righteousness, which make it desirable, and worth seeking for; though this exhortation may also include in it a living to him soberly and righteously, as a fruit of divine grace, and to the glory of God, and according to his will, without trusting in it, and depending upon it, for life and salvation:
seek meekness; even though they were meek ones already, yet it became them to seek after more of this grace of meekness, that they might increase therein, and abound in the exercise of it, and be careful that they failed not in it; since the enemy of souls often attacks the saints in that in which they most excel, and succeeds: so Moses, the meekest man on earth, being off of his guard, and provoked, spoke unadvisedly with his lips; and it went ill with him on that account, Numbers 12:3 besides, this exhortation, as well as the preceding, may have a respect to their concern with others; that they should study, as much as in them lay, not only to do righteousness and exercise meekness themselves, but to cultivate these among others; with which agrees Kimchi's note,
"seek righteousness and meekness with others; as if it was said, study with all your might and main to return them to the right way:''
it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger; in the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, when some were put to the sword, and others carried captive: now there was a possibility, yea, a probability, that such persons before described would be saved at this time from the general calamity; be hid, protected, and preserved, by the power and, providence of God, Jeremiah, Baruch, and others, were: this, though it is not said as a certain thing, because a corporeal blessing, which the people of God cannot always be assured of in a time of public distress; yet not expressed in a doubting manner, much less despairing; but rather as presuming, at least hoping it would be, being possible and probable; and so encouraging to the above exercises of religion; and such that have the grace of God, and seek him, and seek to Christ alone for righteousness and life, may depend upon it that they shall be hid, and be safe and secure, when the wrath of God at the last day comes upon an ungodly world, Isaiah 32:2. The Targum of the whole is,
"seek the fear of the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, who do the judgments of his will; seek truth, seek meekness; it may be there will be a protection for you in the day of the Lord's anger.''
The Vulgate Latin version is, "seek the Lord--seek the just, seek the meek One"; as expressive of a person, even the Lord Christ, the just and Holy One, the meek and lowly Jesus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Seek ye the Lord - He had exhorted sinners to penitence; he now calls the righteous to persevere and increase more and more. He bids them âseek diligentlyâ , and that with a three-fold call, to seek Him from whom they received daily the three-fold blessing Numbers 6:23-26, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as he had just before threatened Godâs impending judgment with the same use of the mysterious number, three. They, whom he calls, were already, by the grace of God, âmeek,â and âhad wrought His judgment.â Rup.: âSubmitting themselves to the word of God, they had done and were doing the judgment of God, âjudging themselves that they benot judged;â the beginning of which judgment is, as sinners and guilty of death, to give themselves to the Cross of the Lord, that is, to be âbaptizedâ in âHis Death and be buried with Him by Baptism into death;â but the perfection of that judgment or righteousness is, to âwalk in newness of life, as He rose from the dead through the glory of the Fatherâ Romans 6:3-4.â
Dionysius: âSince the meek already have God through grace as the Possessor and Dweller in their heart, how shall they seek Him but that they may have Him more fully and more perfectly, knowing Him more clearly, loving Him more ardently, cleaving to Him more inseparably, that so they may be heard by Him, not for themselves only, but for others?â It is then the same Voice as at the close of the Revelation, âthe righteous, let him be still more righteous; the holy, let him be still more holyâ Revelation 22:11. They are the âmeek,â who are exhorted âdiligentlyâ to âseek meekness,â and they who had âwrought His judgment,â who are âdiligentlyâ to âseek Righteousness.â And since our Lord saith, âLearn of Me, for I am meek and lowly of heartâ Matthew 11:29, He bids (Jerome) âthose who imitated His meekness and did His judgment, to seek the Lord in their meekness.â Meekness and Righteousness may be His Attributes, Who is All-gentleness and All-Righteousness, the Fountain of all, wheresoever it is, in gentleness receiving penitents, and, as âthe Righteous Judge, giving the crown of righteousnessâ to those who âlove Him and keep His commandments,â yea He joineth righteousness with meekness, since without His mercy no man living could be justified in His Sight. Cyril: âGod is sought by us, when, of our choice, laying aside all listlessness, we thirst after doing what pleases Him; and we shall do judgment too, when we fulfill His divine law, working out what is good unshrinkingly; and we shall gain the prize of righteousness, when crowned with glory for well-doing and running the well-reported anti blameless way of true piety to God and of love to the brethren, for âlove is the fulfilling of the lawâ Romans 13:10.â
It may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lordâs anger - Rup.: âShall these too then scarcely be âhid in the day of the Lordâs anger?â Doth not the Apostle Peter say the very same? âIf it first begin at us, what shall be the end of them that obey not the Gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?â 1 Peter 4:17-18. So then, although any be âmeek,â although he âhave wrought the judgmentâ of the Lord, let him ever suspect himself, nor think that he has âalready attained,â since neither can any righteous be saved, if he be judged âwithout mercy.ââ Dionysius: âHe saith, if âmayâ be; not that there is any doubt that the meek and they who perseveringly seek God, shall then be saved, but, to convey how difficult it is to be saved, and how fearful and rigorous is the judgment of God.â To be hid is to be sheltered from wrath under the protection of God; as David says, âIn the time of trouble He shall hide meâ Psalms 27:5; and, âThou shalt hide them (that trust in Thee) in the secret of Thy presence from the pride of man; Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tonguesâ Psalms 31:20. And in Isaiah, âA Man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempestâ Isaiah 32:2; and, âThere shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rainâ Isaiah 5:6.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Zephaniah 2:3. Ye meek of the earth — ×¢× ×× anavey, ye oppressed and humbled of the land.
It may be ye shall be hid — The sword has not a commission against you. Ask God, and he will be a refuge to you from the storm and from the tempest.
