Zephaniah 3:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly I will collect together those Israelites who are dispersed in their several captivities, both that of Babylon, and those of following times; who mourn for the loss of the public ordinances, and are grieved at the reproaches wherewith their enemies upbraid them, as if they were utterly forsaken of God. Behold Mark well; at that time I will undo all that afflict thee I will break the power, and dissolve the kingdom of thy enemies and oppressors, particularly of the Babylonians. And I will save her that halteth Who is in trouble, and ready to fall; and gather her that was driven out Into remote countries. And I will get them praise, &c., where they have been put to shame I will cause them to have fame, even in those places where they have been scoffed at and held in contempt. I will make you a name, &c., when I turn back your captivity When I cause you to return out of captivity, I will make your name great, and ye shall be the subject of men's praise among all the nations around. So the Christian Church was, when it was made to flourish in the world, for there is that truth and grace, that piety and virtue in it, which may justly recommend it to the value and esteem of all the people of the earth; and so the universal church of the firstborn will be in the great day, when the saints shall be brought together to Christ, that he may be admired and glorified in them, and they admired and glorified in and through him, before angels and men. Then will God's Israel be a name and a praise to all eternity.