Zephaniah 3:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I tell you this so that you will learn a lesson. I want you to fear and respect me. If you do this, your home will not be destroyed, and I will not have to punish you the way I planned.” But those evil people only wanted to do more of the same evil things they had already done!

Cross References

Hosea 9:9

The Israelites have gone deep into ruin as in the time of Gibeah. God will remember the Israelites’ sins, and he will punish them.

Jeremiah 36:3

Maybe the people of Judah will hear what I am planning to do to them and will stop doing bad things. If they will do that, I will forgive them for the terrible sins they have committed.”

Zephaniah 3:2

They didn’t listen to me or accept my teachings. Jerusalem didn’t trust the Lord. Jerusalem didn’t go to her God.

Jeremiah 25:5

Those prophets said, “Change your lives and stop doing evil! If you change, you can return to the land that the Lord gave you and your ancestors long ago. He gave you this land to live in forever.

Jeremiah 7:7

If you obey me, I will let you live in this place. I gave this land to your ancestors for them to keep forever.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not being slow in doing what he promised—the way some people understand slowness. But God is being patient with you. He doesn’t want anyone to be lost. He wants everyone to change their ways and stop sinning.

Jeremiah 38:17

Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “The Lord God All-Powerful is the God of Israel. This is what he says, ‘If you surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, your life will be saved, and Jerusalem will not be burned down. And you and your family will live.

Jeremiah 8:6

I have listened to them very carefully, but they don’t say what is right. They are not sorry for their sins. They don’t think about the evil they have done. They do things without thinking. They are like horses running into a battle.

Isaiah 63:8

He said, “These are my people. These are my real children.” So he saved them.

Isaiah 5:4

What more could I do for my vineyard? I did everything I could. I hoped for good grapes to grow, but there were only rotten ones. Why did that happen?

2 Chronicles 33:11

So the Lord brought commanders from the king of Assyria’s army to attack Judah. These commanders captured Manasseh and made him their prisoner. They put hooks in him and brass chains on his hands and took him to the country of Babylon.

Deuteronomy 4:16

So be careful! Don’t sin and destroy yourselves by making false gods or statues in the shape of any living thing. Don’t make an idol that looks like a man or a woman,

1 Timothy 1:5

My purpose in telling you to do this is to promote love—the kind of love shown by those whose thoughts are pure, who do what they know is right, and whose faith in God is real.

Job 36:10

He will force them to listen to his warning. He will command them to stop sinning.

Psalm 32:8

The Lord says, “I will teach you and guide you in the way you should live. I will watch over you and be your guide.

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to advice and accept discipline; then you, too, will become wise.

Jeremiah 6:8

Listen to this warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn my back on you. I will make your land an empty desert. No one will be able to live there.”

Jeremiah 17:23

but they did not obey me. They did not pay attention to me. Your ancestors were very stubborn. I punished them, but it did not do any good. They did not listen to me.