3:8 Therefore you must wait patiently ¹  for me,” says the Lord,

“for the day when I attack and take plunder. ² 

I have decided ³  to gather nations together

and assemble kingdoms,

so I can pour out my fury on them –

all my raging anger.

For ⁴  the whole earth will be consumed

by my fiery anger.

3:9 Know for sure that I will then enable

the nations to give me acceptable praise. ⁵ 

All of them will invoke the Lord’s name when they pray, ⁶ 

and will worship him in unison. ⁷ 

3:10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, ⁸ 

those who pray to me ⁹  will bring me tribute.

3:11 In that day you ¹⁰  will not be ashamed of all your rebelliousness against me, ¹¹ 

for then I will remove from your midst those who proudly boast, ¹² 

and you will never again be arrogant on my holy hill.

3:12 I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, ¹³ 

and they will find safety in the Lord’s presence. ¹⁴ 

3:13 The Israelites who remain ¹⁵  will not act deceitfully.

They will not lie,

and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth.

Indeed, they will graze peacefully like sheep ¹⁶  and lie down;

no one will terrify them.”