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Zephaniah 3:7

NETBible	I thought,¹ ‘Certainly you will respect² me! Now you will accept correction!’ If she had done so, her home³ would not be destroyed⁴ by all the punishments I have threatened.⁵ But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.⁶
NIV © biblegateway Zep 3:7	I said to the city, ‘Surely you will fear me and accept correction!’ Then her dwelling would not be cut off, nor all my punishments come upon her. But they were still eager to act corruptly in all they did.
NASB © biblegateway Zep 3:7	"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.
NLT © biblegateway Zep 3:7	I thought, ‘Surely they will have reverence for me now! Surely they will listen to my warnings, so I won’t need to strike again.’ But no; however much I punish them, they continue their evil practices from dawn till dusk and dusk till dawn."
MSG © biblegateway Zep 3:7	"I thought, 'Surely she'll honor me now, accept my discipline and correction, Find a way of escape from the trouble she's in, find relief from the punishment I'm bringing.' But it didn't faze her. Bright and early she was up at it again, doing the same old things.
BBE © SABDAweb Zep 3:7	I said, Certainly you will go in fear of me, and come under my training, so that whatever I may send on her may not be cut off before her eyes: but they got up early and made all their works evil.
NRSV © bibleoremus Zep 3:7	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.
NKJV © biblegateway Zep 3:7	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.
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KJV	I said <0559> (8804)_, Surely thou wilt fear <03372> (8799) me, thou wilt receive <03947> (8799) instruction <04148>_; so their dwelling <04583> should not be cut off <03772> (8735)_, howsoever <0834> <03605> I punished <06485> (8804) them: but <0403> they rose early <07925> (8689)_, [and] corrupted <07843> (8689) all their doings <05949>_.
NASB © biblegateway Zep 3:7	"I said <0559> , 'Surely <0389> you will revere <03372> Me, Accept <03947> instruction <04148> .' So her dwelling <04583> will not be cut <03772> off <03772> According to all <03605> that I have appointed <06485> concerning <05921> her. But they were eager <07925> to corrupt <07843> all <03605> their deeds <05949> .
LXXM	eipa {V-AAI-1S} plhn <4133> ADV fobeisye <5399> V-PMI-2P me <1473> P-AS kai <2532> CONJ dexasye <1209> V-AMD-2P paideian <3809> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ ou <3364> ADV mh <3165> ADV exoleyreuyhte {V-APS-2P} ex <1537> PREP ofyalmwn <3788> N-GPM authv <846> D-GSF panta <3956> A-APN osa <3745> A-APN exedikhsa <1556> V-AAI-1S ep <1909> PREP authn <846> D-ASF etoimazou <2090> V-PMD-2S oryrison <3719> V-AAD-2S diefyartai <1311> V-RMI-3S pasa <3956> A-NSF h <3588> T-NSF epifulliv {N-NSF} autwn <846> D-GPM
NET [draft] ITL	I thought <0559> , ‘Certainly <0389> you will respect <03372> me! Now you will accept <03947> correction <04148> !’ If she had done so, her home <04585> would not <03808> be destroyed <03772> by all <03605> the punishments <0834> I have threatened <06485> . But <0403> they eagerly <07925> sinned <07843> in everything <03605> they did <05949> .
HEBREW	Mtwlyle <05949> lk <03605> wtyxsh <07843> wmyksh <07925> Nka <0403> hyle <05921> ytdqp <06485> rsa <0834> lk <03605> hnwem <04585> trky <03772> alw <03808> rowm <04148> yxqt <03947> ytwa <0853> yaryt <03372> Ka <0389> ytrma (3:7) <0559>

NETBible

I thought,¹ ‘Certainly you will respect² me! Now you will accept correction!’ If she had done so, her home³ would not be destroyed⁴ by all the punishments I have threatened.⁵ But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.⁶

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “said.”

²tn Or “fear.” The second person verb form (“you will respect”) is feminine singular, indicating that personified Jerusalem is addressed.

²sn God’s judgment of the nations (v. 6) was an object lesson for Israel’s benefit.

³tn Or “dwelling place.”

⁴tn Heb “cut off.”

⁵tn Heb “all which I have punished her.” The precise meaning of this statement and its relationship to what precedes are unclear.

⁶tn Heb “But they got up early, they made corrupt all their actions.” The phrase “they got up early” probably refers to their eagerness to engage in sinful activities.