Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Of Jerusalem I thought, ‘Surely you will fear me and accept correction!’ Then her place of refuge would not be destroyed, nor all my punishments come upon her. But they were still eager to act corruptly in all they did. New Living Translation I thought, ‘Surely they will have reverence for me now! Surely they will listen to my warnings. Then I won’t need to strike again, destroying their homes.’ But no, they get up early to continue their evil deeds. English Standard Version I said, ‘Surely you will fear me; you will accept correction. Then your dwelling would not be cut off according to all that I have appointed against you.’ But all the more they were eager to make all their deeds corrupt. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me, You will receive instruction’— So that her dwelling would not be cut off, Despite everything for which I punished her. But they rose early and corrupted all their deeds. New American Standard Bible “I said, ‘You will certainly revere Me, You will accept discipline.’ So her dwelling will not be eliminated In accordance with everything that I have stipulated for her. Instead, they were eager to corrupt all their deeds. NASB 1995 “I said, ‘Surely you will revere Me, Accept instruction.’ So her dwelling will not be cut off According to all that I have appointed concerning her. But they were eager to corrupt all their deeds. NASB 1977 “I said, ‘Surely you will revere Me, Accept instruction.’ So her dwelling will not be cut off According to all that I have appointed concerning her. But they were eager to corrupt all their deeds. Legacy Standard Bible I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me, Receive discipline.’ So her abode will not be cut off According to all that I have appointed concerning her. But they were eager to corrupt all their deeds. Amplified Bible “I said, ‘Most certainly you will [reverently] fear Me; Accept correction.’ So Jerusalem’s dwelling will not be cut off In accordance with all that I have appointed concerning her [punishment], But they were eager [even rising early] to make all their deeds corrupt. Christian Standard Bible I said: You will certainly fear me and accept correction. Then her dwelling place would not be cut off based on all that I had allocated to her. However, they became more corrupt in all their actions. Holman Christian Standard Bible I thought: You will certainly fear Me and accept correction. Then her dwelling place would not be cut off based on all that I had allocated to her. However, they became more corrupt in all their actions. 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. Contemporary English Version God felt certain that Jerusalem would learn to respect and obey him. Then he would hold back from punishing the city and not wipe it out. But everyone there was eager to start sinning again. English Revised Version I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive correction; so her dwelling should not be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings. GOD'S WORD® Translation I said [to my people], 'You will fear me. You will accept correction!' Then their homeland would not be wiped out even though I have punished them. Still, they continued to be corrupt in everything they did." Good News Translation I thought that then my people would have reverence for me and accept my discipline, that they would never forget the lesson I taught them. But soon they were behaving as badly as ever. International Standard Version I have said, 'If only you would fear me, if only you would take my instructions to heart.' Then their houses would not have been torn down. I have chastened them, but they were eager to corrupt everything they were doing." Majority Standard Bible 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. NET Bible I thought, 'Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!' If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did. New Heart 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. Webster's Bible Translation I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, however 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionI have said: Only, you fear Me, "" You 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. 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. Smith's Literal Translation I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; and her dwelling shall not be cut off, all that I reviewed over her but they rose early, they corrupted all their doings. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleI said: Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive correction: and her dwelling shall not perish, for all things wherein I have visited her: but they rose early and corrupted all their thoughts. Catholic Public Domain Version I said: Nevertheless, you will fear me; you will accept discipline. And her dwelling place will not perish, despite all the things about which I have visited her. Yet truly, they arose with the dawn and corrupted all their thoughts. New American Bible I said, “Surely now you will fear me, you will accept correction; They cannot fail to see all I have brought upon them.” Yet the more eagerly they have done all their corrupt deeds. New Revised Standard Version I said, “Surely the city will fear me, it will accept correction; it will not lose sight of all that I have brought upon it.” But they were the more eager to make all their deeds corrupt. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleI said, Surely they will worship me, they will accept discipline from me; and she will not fail to see of all that I have decreed concerning her; but they hastened and corrupted all their doings. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated I have said, ”You shall worship me, also of me you shall receive instruction, and anything that I have commanded concerning her will not be destroyed from her eyes; they prepared her and they approached and they have corrupted all their strategies OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917I said: 'Surely thou wilt fear Me, Thou wilt receive correction; So her dwelling shall not be cut off, Despite all that I have visited upon her'; But they betimes corrupted all their doings. Brenton Septuagint Translation I said, But do ye fear me, and receive instruction, and ye shall not be cut off from the face of the land for all the vengeance I have brought upon her: prepare thou, rise early: all their produce is spoilt. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Judgment on Jerusalem…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. 7I 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. 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.… Cross References Jeremiah 7:25-26 From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers. Isaiah 5:4 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? Jeremiah 5:3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent. Amos 4:6-11 “I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ... Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Jeremiah 6:17 I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’ Ezekiel 24:13 Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided. Hosea 11:2 But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images. 2 Chronicles 36:15-16 Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. Isaiah 9:13 But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts. Jeremiah 8:5-6 Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return. / 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. Romans 2:4-5 Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? / But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. Hebrews 3:7-11 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ... Isaiah 42:24-25 Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law. / So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart. Treasury of Scripture I said, Surely you will fear me, you will receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. Surely. Zephaniah 3:2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. Isaiah 5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? Isaiah 63:8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. so. Jeremiah 7:7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. Jeremiah 17:25-27 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever… Jeremiah 25:5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: howsoever. 2 Chronicles 28:6-8 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers… 2 Chronicles 32:1,2 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself… 2 Chronicles 33:11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. they. Micah 2:1,2 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand… corrupted. Genesis 6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. Deuteronomy 4:16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, Hosea 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. Jump to Previous Accept Act Appointed Betimes Correction Corrupted Corruptly Cut Despite Doings Dwelling Early Enjoined Evil Eyes Fear However Howsoever Instruction Lose Punished Punishments Receive Revere Rose Sight Surely Training Visited Whatever Wilt Won't WorksJump to Next Accept Act Appointed Betimes Correction Corrupted Corruptly Cut Despite Doings Dwelling Early Enjoined Evil Eyes Fear However Howsoever Instruction Lose Punished Punishments Receive Revere Rose Sight Surely Training Visited Whatever Wilt Won't WorksZephaniah 3 1. A sharp reproof of Jerusalem for various sins.8. An exhortation to wait for the restoration of Israel, 14. and to rejoice for their salvation by God. I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me; you will accept correction.’ I said This phrase indicates a direct communication from God, emphasizing His active role in guiding and instructing His people. The Hebrew root for "said" is "אָמַר" (amar), which is often used in the Old Testament to denote not just speech, but a declaration or command from God. This highlights the authority and intentionality behind God's words, reminding us that His communications are purposeful and meant to lead us towards righteousness. Surely you will fear Me you will accept correction Then her dwelling would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I said,אָמַ֜רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘Surely אַךְ־ (’aḵ-) Adverb Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely you will fear תִּירְאִ֤י (tî·rə·’î) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten Me אוֹתִי֙ (’ō·w·ṯî) Direct object marker | first person common singular Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case and accept תִּקְחִ֣י (tiq·ḥî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 3947: To take correction.’ מוּסָ֔ר (mū·sār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4148: Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint Then her dwelling place מְעוֹנָ֔הּ (mə·‘ō·w·nāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 4585: An abode, of God, men, animals, a retreat would not וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no be cut off יִכָּרֵ֣ת (yik·kā·rêṯ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant [despite] all כֹּ֥ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every for which אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I punished פָּקַ֖דְתִּי (pā·qaḏ·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit her. עָלֶ֑יהָ (‘ā·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against But אָכֵן֙ (’ā·ḵên) Adverb Strong's 403: Firmly, surely, but they rose early הִשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ (hiš·kî·mū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7925: To load up, to start early in the morning to corrupt הִשְׁחִ֔יתוּ (hiš·ḥî·ṯū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin all כֹּ֖ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every their deeds. עֲלִילוֹתָֽם׃ (‘ă·lî·lō·w·ṯām) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5949: An exploit, a performance, an opportunity Links Zephaniah 3:7 NIVZephaniah 3:7 NLT Zephaniah 3:7 ESV Zephaniah 3:7 NASB Zephaniah 3:7 KJV Zephaniah 3:7 BibleApps.com Zephaniah 3:7 Biblia Paralela Zephaniah 3:7 Chinese Bible Zephaniah 3:7 French Bible Zephaniah 3:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Zephaniah 3:7 I said Just fear me (Zeph. 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