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Zephaniah 3:7

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7Of Jerusalem I thought,

‘Surely you will fear me

and accept correction!’k

Then her place of refugea would not be destroyed,

nor all my punishments come uponb her.

But they were still eager

to act corruptlyl in all they did.

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Footnotes

  1. aOr her sanctuary
  2. bOr all those I appointed over

Cross references

  1. kSee Jer 7:28
  2. lSee Hos 9:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish 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.

CSBChristian 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.

NLTNew 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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I have said, ‘Surely she will fear me;

she will accept discipline.

Then her dwelling place will not be cut down,

nor all that I have brought upon her.’

Surely they rise early;

they make all their deeds corrupt.

KJV 1900King 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.