OLD TESTAMENT

Zephaniah 3:15

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The LORD has taken away your judgments. He has thrown out your enemy. The King of Israel, the LORD, is among you. You will not be afraid of evil any more.

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Verse 15. Judgment, or “condemnation.” Septuagint “iniquities,” ( Calmet.) nailing to the cross the handwriting that was against thee. Bible.—God does not treat thee with rigour. He will be thy king. The Jews had no king for a long time. But the true Israel, of whom the prophet speaks, is continually ruled and fed by Jesus Christ, who imparts his graces abundantly. Calmet.

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