Zephaniah 3:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ I said, ‘Surely she will fear me, she will accept correction; she will not lose sight of all that I have enjoined upon her.’ But all the more they were eager to make all their deeds corrupt.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ I said, Only let her [reverently and worshipfully] fear Me, receive correction and instruction, and [Jerusalem's] dwelling shall not be cut off. However, I have punished her [according to all that I have appointed concerning her in the way of punishment], but all the more they are eager to make all their doings corrupt and infamous.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ I said, “Surely, she will fear me; she will take instruction so that her habitation won’t be cut off because of everything I did to her.” However, they rose early to corrupt their deeds.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ 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.

Zephaniah 3:7 Cross References

Genesis 6:12

And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

2 Chronicles 33:11

Therefore the Lord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks and bound him with fetters of bronze and brought him to Babylon.

Job 36:10

He opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.

Psalm 32:8

I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom for the future.

Isaiah 5:4

What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?

Isaiah 63:8

For he said, Surely they are my people, sons who will not deal falsely; and he became their Savior.

Jeremiah 17:23

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck, that they might not hear and receive instruction.

Jeremiah 25:5

saying, ‘Turn now, every one of you, from his evil way and wrong doings, and dwell upon the land which the Lord has given to you and your fathers from of old and for ever;

Jeremiah 36:3

It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I intend to do to them, so that every one may turn from his evil way, and that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

Jeremiah 38:17

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, If you will surrender to the princes of the king of Babylon, then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.

Jeremiah 6:8

Be warned, O Jerusalem, lest I be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land.”

Jeremiah 7:7

then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers for ever.

Jeremiah 8:6

I have given heed and listened, but they have not spoken aright; no man repents of his wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Every one turns to his own course, like a horse plunging headlong into battle.

Hosea 9:9

They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibe-ah: he will remember their iniquity, he will punish their sins.

Zephaniah 3:2

She listens to no voice, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord, she does not draw near to her God.

Deuteronomy 4:16

beware lest you act corruptly by making a graven image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

1 Timothy 1:5

whereas the aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow about his promise as some count slowness, but is forbearing toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.