Zephaniah 3:18

I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly - pining after the solemn assembly which they cannot celebrate in exile (; ). They who would not "gather themselves" to it when they could (), could not when they would. But hereafter they shall have both the will and the power.

Who are of thee - i:e., who are of thy true citizens; and whom therefore I will restore.

To whom the reproach of it was a burden - i:e., to whom thy reproach ("the reproach of my people," , their ignominious captivity) was a burden. "Of it" (Hebrew) is put for of thee, as the person is often changed. Those who shared in the burden of reproach which fell on my people. Compare , "The rebuke of His people shall He take away from off all the earth."