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Zephaniah 3:9

Zephaniah 3:9 (WEB)

For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the LORD’s name, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.

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Origen

  • “The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.”” — editor's note: Zeph. iii. 7–13.

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Cyril of Jerusalem

  • “In the words of the Prophet that follow in the same context, He says plainly, For then will I turn to the peoples a language: since, after the Resurrection, when the Holy Ghost was sent forth the gift of tongues was granted, that they might serve the Lord under one yoke.” — editor's note: Zeph. iii. 9: a pure language.

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Gregory of Nyssa

  • “Therefore, those who have parted with evil will be united with Him; and so, as the Apostle says, God will be “all in all”; for this utterance seems to me plainly to confirm the opinion we have already arrived at, for it means that God will be instead of all other things, and in all.” — editor's note: This (1 Cor. xv. 28) is a text much handled by the earlier Greek Fathers. Origen especially has made it one of the Scripture foundations upon which he has…

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Augustine of Hippo

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