1. Zephaniah 3:17 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What changes from verse 16 to verse 17?

Zephaniah 3:17 (ESV)

17 The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

Zephaniah 3:17 and Zephaniah 3:18 make the transition from speaking about God in the third person to God’s speaking in the first person.