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But they were still eager to act corruptly in all they did. <a href="/nlt/zephaniah/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> 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. <a href="/esv/zephaniah/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/zephaniah/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/zephaniah/3.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/zephaniah/3.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/zephaniah/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “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. <a href="/nasb/zephaniah/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220I said, &#8216Surely you will revere Me, Accept instruction.&#8217 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. <a href="/nasb77/zephaniah/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “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. <a href="/lsb/zephaniah/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> 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. <a href="/amp/zephaniah/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “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. <a href="/csb/zephaniah/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/zephaniah/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/asv/zephaniah/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/zephaniah/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> 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. <a href="/erv/zephaniah/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/zephaniah/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> 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." <a href="/gnt/zephaniah/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> 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. <a href="/isv/zephaniah/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> 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." <a href="/msb/zephaniah/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/zephaniah/3.htm">NET Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nheb/zephaniah/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/zephaniah/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/zephaniah/3.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/zephaniah/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> I 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. <a href="/ylt/zephaniah/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/zephaniah/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/zephaniah/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> I 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. <a href="/cpdv/zephaniah/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> 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. <a href="/nabre/zephaniah/3.htm">New American Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nrsvce/zephaniah/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/zephaniah/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> I 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. <a href="/hpbt/zephaniah/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> 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<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/zephaniah/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> I 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. <a href="/sep/zephaniah/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> 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. <a href="/parallel/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T0cd_1JKnyY?start=480" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/zephaniah/3.htm">The Judgment on Jerusalem</a> …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. 7<a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">I said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ- (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only.">‘Surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/3372.htm" title="3372: tî·rə·’î (V-Qal-Imperf-2fs) -- To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten. A primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. To frighten.">you will fear</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯî (DirObjM:: 1cs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: tiq·ḥî (V-Qal-Imperf-2fs) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">and accept</a> <a href="/hebrew/4148.htm" title="4148: mū·sār (N-ms) -- Discipline, chastening, correction. From yacar; properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint.">correction.’</a> <a href="/hebrew/4583.htm" title="4583: mə·‘ō·w·nāh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Dwelling, habitation. Or maiyn; from the same as ownah; an abode, of God, men or animals; hence, a retreat.">Then her dwelling place</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">would not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: yik·kā·rêṯ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">be cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">despite all</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">for which</a> <a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: pā·qaḏ·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To attend to, visit, muster, appoint. A primitive root; to visit; by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.">I punished</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">her.</a> <a href="/hebrew/403.htm" title="403: ’ā·ḵên (Adv) -- Surely. From kuwn; firmly; figuratively, surely; also But.">But</a> <a href="/hebrew/7925.htm" title="7925: hiš·kî·mū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; but used only as denominative from shkem; literally, to load up, i.e. To start early in the morning.">they rose early</a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: hiš·ḥî·ṯū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin.">to corrupt</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5949.htm" title="5949: ‘ă·lî·lō·w·ṯām (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Or malilah; from alal in the sense of effecting; an exploit, or a performance; by implication, an opportunity.">their deeds.</a> 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/7-25.htm">Jeremiah 7:25-26</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/5-4.htm">Isaiah 5:4</a> 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? <a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3</a> 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. <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6-11</a> “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. ... <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> 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! <a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a> 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! <a href="/jeremiah/6-17.htm">Jeremiah 6:17</a> I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’ <a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Ezekiel 24:13</a> 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. <a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Hosea 11:2</a> But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images. <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm">Isaiah 9:13</a> But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/jeremiah/8-5.htm">Jeremiah 8:5-6</a> 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. <a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4-5</a> 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. <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a> 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. ... <a href="/isaiah/42-24.htm">Isaiah 42:24-25</a> 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.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.<a href="/zephaniah/3-2.htm">Zephaniah 3:2</a> She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.<a href="/isaiah/5-4.htm">Isaiah 5:4</a> 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?<a href="/isaiah/63-8.htm">Isaiah 63:8</a> For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.so.<a href="/jeremiah/7-7.htm">Jeremiah 7:7</a> Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.<a href="/jeremiah/17-25.htm">Jeremiah 17:25-27</a> 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… <a href="/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Jeremiah 25:5</a> 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.<a href="/2_chronicles/28-6.htm">2 Chronicles 28:6-8</a> 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… <a href="/2_chronicles/32-1.htm">2 Chronicles 32:1,2</a> 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… <a href="/2_chronicles/33-11.htm">2 Chronicles 33:11</a> 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.<a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1,2</a> 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.<a href="/genesis/6-12.htm">Genesis 6:12</a> And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.<a href="/deuteronomy/4-16.htm">Deuteronomy 4:16</a> Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,<a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Hosea 9:9</a> They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/amos/5-22.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Act</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-2.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Betimes</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-2.htm">Correction</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-1.htm">Corrupted</a> <a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Corruptly</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-6.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/hosea/7-10.htm">Despite</a> <a href="/micah/7-13.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-17.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/micah/7-1.htm">Early</a> <a href="/psalms/119-4.htm">Enjoined</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-5.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-3.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/jonah/1-13.htm">However</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-23.htm">Howsoever</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-2.htm">Instruction</a> <a href="/joel/3-15.htm">Lose</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-39.htm">Punished</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-21.htm">Punishments</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-2.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/hosea/10-3.htm">Revere</a> <a href="/jonah/4-8.htm">Rose</a> <a href="/nahum/3-6.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-9.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/hosea/7-15.htm">Training</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-8.htm">Visited</a> <a href="/nahum/1-9.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-2.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-13.htm">Won't</a> <a href="/micah/7-13.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/malachi/1-8.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/malachi/3-17.htm">Act</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-18.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/genesis/26-31.htm">Betimes</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-16.htm">Correction</a> <a href="/malachi/2-8.htm">Corrupted</a> <a href="/exodus/32-7.htm">Corruptly</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-3.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-29.htm">Despite</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-11.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-7.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Early</a> <a href="/zechariah/3-6.htm">Enjoined</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-13.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-20.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-13.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/matthew/5-48.htm">However</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/12-2.htm">Howsoever</a> <a href="/haggai/2-11.htm">Instruction</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-5.htm">Lose</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-3.htm">Punished</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-11.htm">Punishments</a> <a href="/malachi/1-8.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/malachi/4-2.htm">Revere</a> <a href="/matthew/2-14.htm">Rose</a> <a href="/haggai/2-3.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-8.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-25.htm">Training</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-3.htm">Visited</a> <a href="/haggai/1-11.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-12.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-10.htm">Won't</a> <a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Zephaniah 3</div>1. <a href="/zephaniah/3-1.htm">A sharp reproof of Jerusalem for various sins.</a> 8. <a href="/zephaniah/3-8.htm">An exhortation to wait for the restoration of Israel,</a> 14. <a href="/zephaniah/3-14.htm">and to rejoice for their salvation by God.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The fear of the Lord is a recurring theme in Scripture, often associated with wisdom and obedience (<a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a>). In the context of Zephaniah, God had sent prophets to warn Judah of impending judgment due to their idolatry and injustice. The expectation was that these warnings would lead to a change of heart, similar to the call for repentance seen in the ministry of other prophets like Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/26-3.htm">Jeremiah 26:3</a>) and Isaiah (<a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18-20</a>).Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. Here, "her dwelling place" refers to Jerusalem and, by extension, the nation of Judah. The promise of not being "cut off" suggests that God was willing to relent from complete destruction if the people repented. This echoes the conditional nature of many of God's covenants, where blessings are contingent upon obedience (Deuteronomy 28). Historically, Jerusalem had been spared in the past, such as during the Assyrian siege in the time of King Hezekiah (<a href="/2_kings/19-32.htm">2 Kings 19:32-36</a>), demonstrating God's mercy when the people turned back to Him.But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds. This phrase indicates the people's eagerness and determination to pursue sinful behavior, highlighting their stubbornness and rebellion. The imagery of rising early suggests a deliberate and proactive commitment to wrongdoing, contrasting with the call to seek God early (<a href="/psalms/63.htm">Psalm 63:1</a>). The corruption of their deeds points to widespread moral decay, including idolatry, injustice, and social oppression, which were prevalent in Judah at the time (<a href="/zephaniah/1-4.htm">Zephaniah 1:4-6</a>). This persistent disobedience ultimately led to the Babylonian exile, fulfilling the prophetic warnings of judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The speaker in this verse, expressing His expectation for reverence and correction from His people. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The implied subject of God's address, representing the people of Judah who were expected to heed God's warnings. 3. <a href="/topical/p/prophet_zephaniah.htm">Prophet Zephaniah</a> The messenger delivering God's words, active during the reign of King Josiah of Judah. 4. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, facing impending judgment due to persistent disobedience. 5. <a href="/topical/c/corruption.htm">Corruption</a> The actions of the people who, despite God's warnings, continued in their sinful ways.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_expectation_of_reverence.htm">The Expectation of Reverence</a> God desires His people to fear Him, which involves a deep respect and acknowledgment of His authority. This reverence is foundational to a right relationship with God. <a href="/topical/t/the_purpose_of_correction.htm">The Purpose of Correction</a> God's discipline is intended to bring about repentance and restoration. Understanding this can help us view challenges as opportunities for growth and alignment with God's will. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> Persistent sin leads to judgment. Recognizing the seriousness of sin should motivate us to seek God's forgiveness and change our ways. <a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_repentance.htm">The Urgency of Repentance</a> The phrase "rose early to corrupt" indicates a deliberate and eager pursuit of sin. We must be vigilant in examining our lives and quick to repent when we stray. <a href="/topical/g/god's_relentless_pursuit.htm">God's Relentless Pursuit</a> Despite the people's corruption, God's desire for their repentance shows His enduring love and patience. This should encourage us to never lose hope in God's willingness to forgive.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_zephaniah_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Zephaniah 3</a> <a href="/q/why_ongoing_unrest_if_zephaniah_3_fulfilled.htm">If Zephaniah 3's prophecies were fully realized, why do some biblical texts and modern events suggest ongoing judgment and unrest instead of lasting peace?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_'foolishness'_defined_today.htm">Proverbs 9:6 urges abandoning foolishness to truly live. How can 'foolishness' be objectively defined or measured in a modern, evidence-based society?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_proverbs_13_24_with_anti-spanking_views.htm">How can Proverbs 13:24's endorsement of the 'rod' in disciplining children be reconciled with current ethical and psychological objections to corporal punishment?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_folly.htm">What does the Bible say about foolishness?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/zephaniah/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - Taught by such examples, the Jews might have learned to repent and amend their ways. I said. God represents himself as reasoning as a man would reason. Surely thou wilt fear me; Septuagint, "only fear me." This is the one condition for salvation. Or, according to our version, Judah must learn experience from my threats and visitations, and return unto me. Thou wilt.., receive instruction; Septuagint, "receive ye discipline," accept the correction and learn the lesson which it is meant to teach (<a href="/proverbs/24-32.htm">Proverbs 24:32</a>). Their (her) dwelling. Jerusalem or Judaea. The temple is never called the dwelling place of the people. This sudden change of person is very common in the prophets. Howsoever I punished them; rather, according to all that I appointed concerning her. God had ordained certain punishment for Jerusalem if she reformed not. The Anglican Version means that God would never cut them off wholly, however severely he might chastise them. The Hebrew will not carry this; nor are the Greek and Latin Versions quite correct. Septuagint, Οὐ μὴ ἐξολοθρευθῆτε ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῆς πάντα δοα ἐξεδίκησα ἐπ αὐτήν, "And ye shall not be cut off from the face thereof for all the punishment that I inflicted upon it;" Vulgate, Propter omnia in quibus visitavi earn. But they rose early. Warning, reproof, and chastisement were expended in vain; the people only gave themselves up more ardently to their evil doings. "To rise early to do a thing" is a phrase used to signify the acting with zeal and full purpose (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/7-13.htm">Jeremiah 7:13, 25</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/11-7.htm">Jeremiah 11:7</a>, etc.). Corrupted all their doings. Like the inhabitants of the earth before the Flood (Corinthians 6:12; comp. <a href="/psalms/14-1.htm">Psalm 14:1</a>). The Septuagint rendering is peculiar, Ἐτοι μάζου ὄρθισον ἔφθαρται πᾶσα ἡ ἐπιφυλλὶς αὐτῶν "Prepare thyself, rise early, all their produce is spoiled." St. Jerome, moralizing on this, adds, "Nisi praeparati fuerimus, non nobis orietur sol justitiae. Orto autem sole, omnes racemi de vinea Sodomorum dissipantur et pereunt; ut non solum grandes botri, sed etiam quod parvum esse videbatur in nobis, Christi lucerna radiante dispereat." <a href="/commentaries/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>I said, אָמַ֜רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘Surely אַךְ־ (’aḵ-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_389.htm">Strong's 389: </a> A particle of affirmation, surely you will fear תִּירְאִ֤י (tî·rə·’î) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3372.htm">Strong's 3372: </a> To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten Me אוֹתִי֙ (’ō·w·ṯî) Direct object marker | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case and accept תִּקְחִ֣י (tiq·ḥî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take correction.’ מוּסָ֔ר (mū·sār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4148.htm">Strong's 4148: </a> Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint Then her dwelling place מְעוֹנָ֔הּ (mə·‘ō·w·nāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4585.htm">Strong's 4585: </a> An abode, of God, men, animals, a retreat would not וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no be cut off יִכָּרֵ֣ת (yik·kā·rêṯ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant [despite] all כֹּ֥ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every for which אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I punished פָּקַ֖דְתִּי (pā·qaḏ·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6485.htm">Strong's 6485: </a> To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit her. עָלֶ֑יהָ (‘ā·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against But אָכֵן֙ (’ā·ḵên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_403.htm">Strong's 403: </a> Firmly, surely, but they rose early הִשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ (hiš·kî·mū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7925.htm">Strong's 7925: </a> To load up, to start early in the morning to corrupt הִשְׁחִ֔יתוּ (hiš·ḥî·ṯū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7843.htm">Strong's 7843: </a> Perhaps to go to ruin all כֹּ֖ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every their deeds. עֲלִילוֹתָֽם׃ (‘ă·lî·lō·w·ṯām) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5949.htm">Strong's 5949: </a> An exploit, a performance, an opportunity <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Zephaniah 3:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Zephaniah 3:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Zephaniah 3:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Zephaniah 3:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Zephaniah 3:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Zephaniah 3:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Zephaniah 3:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Zephaniah 3:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Zephaniah 3:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Zephaniah 3:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-7.htm">OT Prophets: Zephaniah 3:7 I said Just fear me (Zeph. 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