Zephaniah 3:7 “I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwel…”

Zephaniah 3:7

I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.

World English Bible

I said, “Just fear me. Receive correction,” so that her dwelling won’t be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her. But they rose early and corrupted all their doings.

American Standard Version

I said, Only fear thou me; receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings.

Geneva Bible 1599

I said, Surely thou wilt feare me: thou wilt receiue instruction: so their dwelling shoulde not be destroyed howsoeuer I visited them, but they rose earely and corrupted all their workes.

Darby Translation

I said, Only fear me, receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, howsoever I may punish her. But they rose early, they corrupted all their doings.

Young's Literal Translation

I have said: Only, ye do fear Me, Ye do accept instruction, And her habitation is not cut off, All that I have appointed for her, But they have risen early, They have corrupted all their doings.

Bible in Basic English

I said, Certainly you will go in fear of me, and come under my training, so that whatever I may send on her may not be cut off before her eyes: but they got up early and made all their works evil.

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Cross references

“Surely”

Jeremiah 36:3 Zephaniah 3:2 Isaiah 5:4 Isaiah 63:8 Jeremiah 8:6 Luke 19:42–44

Jeremiah 36:3 · BSB

Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

Zephaniah 3:2 · BSB

She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.

Isaiah 5:4 · BSB

What more could have been done for My vineyard than I have done for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?

Isaiah 63:8 · BSB

For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.

Jeremiah 8:6 · BSB

I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.

Luke 19:42–44 · BSB

and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

“so”

Jeremiah 7:7 Jeremiah 25:5 Jeremiah 17:25–27 Jeremiah 38:17

Jeremiah 7:7 · BSB

then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

Jeremiah 25:5 · BSB

The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.

Jeremiah 17:25–27 · BSB

then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, a…

Jeremiah 38:17 · BSB

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and yo…

“howsoever”

2 Chronicles 28:6–8 2 Chronicles 33:11 2 Chronicles 36:3–10 2 Chronicles 32:1 2 Chronicles 32:2

2 Chronicles 28:6–8 · BSB

For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 33:11 · BSB

So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:3–10 · BSB

And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

2 Chronicles 32:1 · BSB

After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.

2 Chronicles 32:2 · BSB

When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,

“they”

Micah 2:1 Micah 2:2

Micah 2:1 · BSB

Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Micah 2:2 · BSB

They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.

“corrupted”

Hosea 9:9 Genesis 6:12 Deuteronomy 4:16

Hosea 9:9 · BSB

They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.

Genesis 6:12 · BSB

And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

Deuteronomy 4:16 · BSB

that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6“I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.

8Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation— all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.

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