Zephaniah 3:5

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“Yahweh, within her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn’t fail, but the unjust know no shame.”

— WEB

“The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.”

— KJV

“Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.”

— ASV

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Deuteronomy 32:4 "The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he."
Lamentations 3:23 "They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness."
Psalms 145:17 "Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works."
Zephaniah 3:15 "Yahweh has taken away your judgments. He has thrown out your enemy. The King of Israel, Yahweh, is among you. You will not be afraid of e…"
Zephaniah 3:17 "Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejo…"
Deuteronomy 23:14 "for Yahweh your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp shall b…"
Isaiah 12:6 "Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for the Holy One of Israel is great among you!”"
Isaiah 28:19 "As often as it passes through, it will seize you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be nothin…"

Commentary

The Jews regard not God's justice manifested in the midst of them, nor His judgments on the guilty nations around. The just Lord--Why then are ye so unjust? is in the midst thereof--He retorts on them their own boast, "Is not the Lord among us" (Mic 3:11)? True He is, but it is for another end from what ye think [CALVIN]; namely, to lead you by the example of His righteousness to be righteous. Lev 19:2, "Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy" [MAURER]. But CALVIN, "That ye may feel His hand to be the nearer for taking vengeance for your crimes: 'He will not do iniquity' by suffering your sins to go unpunished" (Deu 32:4). every morning--literally, "morning by morning." The time in the sultry East for dispensing justice. bring . . . to light--publicly and manifestly by the teaching of His prophets, which aggravates their guilt; also by samples of His judgments on the guilty. he faileth not--He is continually setting before you samples of His justice, sparing no pains. Compare Isa 5:4; Isa 50:4, "he wakeneth morning by morning." knoweth no shame--The unjust Jews are not shamed by His justice into repentance.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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