King James Version

Zephaniah 3:18

I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

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נוּגֵ֧יnugegrieveיָגָהverb, niphal, participle, construct — “grieve”, a verb used as a describing wordH3013to grieveafflict, cause grief, grieve, sorrowful, vex.מִמּוֹעֵ֛דmimoedfrom appointedמוֹעֵדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from appointed”, the ordinary formH4150properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).אָסַ֖פְתִּיasaftidestroyאָסַףverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…מִמֵּ֣ךְmimekhefromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הָי֑וּhayvbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.מַשְׂאֵ֥תmasetburdenמַשְׂאֵתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “burden”, the ordinary formH4864properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as taken), mess, or tribute; figuratively, a reproach (as a burden)burden, collection, sign of fire, (great) flame, gift, lifting up, mess, oblation, reward.עָלֶ֖יהָaleyhaaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…חֶרְפָּֽהcherpahrebukeחֶרְפָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “rebuke”, the ordinary formH2781contumely, disgrace, the pudendarebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I will gather them that are far from the appointed season, who are of thee, that hast borne the burden of reproach.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee; to whom the burden upon her was a reproach.

Young’s Literal Translation

Mine afflicted from the appointed place I have gathered, from thee they have been, Bearing for her sake reproach.

World English Bible

I will remove those who grieve about the appointed feasts from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you.

Darby Translation

I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assemblies, who were of thee: the reproach of it was a burden [unto them].

Douay-Rheims

The triflers that were departed from the law, I will gather together, because they were of thee: that thou mayest no more suffer reproach for them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I will gather them that are far from the appointed season, who are of thee, that hast borne the burden of reproach.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will gather thine afflicted ones. Alas! who has taken up a reproach against her?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ συνάξω τοὺς συντετριμμένους σου· οὐαὶ, τίς ἔλαβεν ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ὀνειδισμόν;