1. Zephaniah 3:19 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How will this praise and renown “in all the earth” contrast what has previously happened?

Zephaniah 3:19 (ESV)

19 Behold, at that time I will deal with all your oppressors. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth.

The Lord promises praise and renown wherever Israel had previously been in the shame of exile and defeat. The nations that had oppressed them will clearly stand in awe of this restored nation, marvelling at the stature she has now achieved in the light of her past humiliations.1