Zephaniah 3:7 BSB — MannaFest

Zephaniah 3:7

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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Zephaniah (420)

(Chapter 3, verses 1 onwards) Woe to the provoking and redeemed city: the dove did not hear the voice and did not receive discipline. It did not trust in the Lord and did not approach its God. Its princes are in its midst, like roaring lions. Its judges are wolves of the evening, they do not leave anything for the morning. Its prophets are insane, unfaithful men. Its priests have defiled the holy, they have acted unjustly against the law. The Lord is righteous; he will not do injustice.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Their wickedness was universal: All their doings were corrupted; and it was all owing to themselves; they could not lay the blame upon the tempter, but they alone must bear it; they themselves wilfully and designedly corrupted all their doings; for every man is tempted when he is drawn aside of his own lust and enticed.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

I said, surely thou wilt fear Me - God speaks of things here, as they are in their own nature. “It could not but be,” that in the very presence of the Hand of God, destroying others but as yet sparing them, they must learn to fear Him; they must stand in awe of Him for His judgments on others; they must be in filial fear of Him for His loving longsuffering toward themselves. “Thou ‘wilt’ receive instruction,” corrected and taught through God’s correction of others and the lighter judgments on themselves, as Solomon says, “I looked, I set my heart: I saw, I received instruction” Pro 24:

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָמַ֜רְתִּי	'a.Mar.ti	I said	H559 →
אַךְ־	'akh-	surely	H389 →
תִּירְאִ֤י	tir.'I	you will fear	H3372 →
אוֹתִי֙	'o.Ti	<obj.> me	H853 →
תִּקְחִ֣י	tik.Chi	you will accept	H3947 →
מוּסָ֔ר	mu.Sar	correction	H4148 →
וְלֹֽא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
יִכָּרֵ֣ת	yi.ka.Ret	it will be cut off	H3772 →
מְעוֹנָ֔הּ	me.'o.Nah	dwelling its	H4583 →
כֹּ֥ל	kol	all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	that	H834 →
פָּקַ֖דְתִּי	pa.Kad.ti	I have visited	H6485 →
עָלֶ֑יהָ	'a.Lei.ha	on it	H5921 →
אָכֵן֙	'a.Khen	nevertheless	H403 →
הִשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ	hish.Ki.mu	they rose early	H7925 →
הִשְׁחִ֔יתוּ	hish.Chi.tu	they corrupted	H7843 →
כֹּ֖ל	kol	all	H3605 →
עֲלִילוֹתָֽם׃	a.li.lo.Tam	practices their	H5949 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 36:3
Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their…
leads to
- Jeremiah 18:8
  But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
- Acts 3:19
  Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
- Deuteronomy 30:2
  and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
Through
Hosea 9:9
They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
leads to
- Hosea 10:9
  Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity?
- Judges 19:16
  That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
Through
Zephaniah 3:2
She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
leads to
- Jeremiah 22:21
  I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.
- 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…
Through
Jeremiah 25:5
The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and…
leads to
- Jeremiah 7:7
  then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Zephaniah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Zephaniah