Zephaniah 3:12

I will also leave As R.V., But I will leave.

an afflicted and poor people Comp. Isaiah 14:32, "The Lord hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge." The rendering "afflicted," in its modern sense, is too strong; compare the last words of Zephaniah 3:13. The term is used of the Messiah, Zechariah 9:9, "lowlyand riding upon an ass"; comp. Isaiah 66:2, "him that is poorand of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word," where the term seems used in a moral or religious sense. "Afflicted" does not mean "in distress," but is the opposite of powerful (Habakkuk 3:14), or haughty (Zephaniah 3:11).

trust in the name of the Lord This expresses the characteristic of the lowly and poor people left in Zion. Trust in the Lord is the essential mark of true religion. Comp. the passages cited on Zephaniah 3:2.