Zephaniah 3:18

The language is very obscure. Perhaps: I will gather(lit. have gathered) those sorrowing far away from the solemn assembly, who are of thee(belong to thee), thou on whom reproach lay heavy. The term "sorrowing" is found Lamentations 1:4. The sense, those removed awayfrom the solemn assembly, might be supported by 2 Samuel 20:13. The reference in any case is to the dispersed among the nations, far from the sanctuary and the feasts. The "reproach" is just that arising from the national calamities and humiliation. Isaiah 54:4, "the reproach of thy widowhood (the time of exile) shalt thou remember no more."