Zephaniah 3 7
I told myself, “Surely they will respect me now and accept my correction. Then their homes would not be destroyed to teach them a lesson.” But instead you're just as eager to go on doing evil.
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KJV Zephaniah 3:7I 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.
ERV Zephaniah 3:7I 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!
LSV Zephaniah 3:7I 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.