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Zephaniah 3:7 KJV
Zephaniah · chapter 3 · verse 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.Zephaniah 3:7 · King James Version
Zephaniah 3:7 in context
5The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
6I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
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.
8Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
9For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- instructionmûwçârproperly, chastisementH4148 →
- howsoeverʼăsherwho, which, what, thatH834 →
- howsoeverkôlproperly, the wholeH3605 →
- dwellingmâʻôwnan abode, of God , men or animalsH4583 →
- punishedpâqadto visitH6485 →
- receivelâqachto takeH3947 →
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One would wonder that Jerusalem, the holy city, where God was known, and his name was great, should be the city of which this black character is here given, that a place which enjoyed such abundance of the means of grace should become so very corrupt and vicious, and that God should permit it to be so;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7