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Zephaniah 3

Zeph. 3:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Surelyp thou wilt fear
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
me, thou wilt receive
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
instruction
muwcar (Hebrew #4148)
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
KJV usage: bond, chastening ((-eth)), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
Pronounce: moo-sawr'
Origin: from 3256
; so their dwelling
ma`own (Hebrew #4583)
from the same as 5772; an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)
KJV usage: den, dwelling((-)place), habitation.
Pronounce: maw-ohn'
Origin: or maiyn (1 Chronicles 4:41) {maw-een'}
should not be cut off
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
, howsoever
kol (Hebrew #3605)
from 3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
KJV usage: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}
'aher (Hebrew #834)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
KJV usage: X after, X alike, as (soon as), because, X every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), X though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
Pronounce: ash-er'
Origin: a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number)
I punished
paqad (Hebrew #6485)
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
KJV usage: appoint, X at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, X by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, X surely, visit, want.
Pronounce: paw-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
them: but
'aken (Hebrew #403)
firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) but
KJV usage: but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.
Pronounce: aw-kane'
Origin: from 3559 (compare 3651)
they rose early
shakam (Hebrew #7925)
properly, to incline (the shoulder to a burden); but used only as denominative from 7926; literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
KJV usage: (arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.
Pronounce: shaw-kam'
Origin: a primitive root
q, and corrupted
shachath (Hebrew #7843)
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, X utterly, waste(-r).
Pronounce: shaw-khath'
Origin: a primitive root
all their doings
`aliylah (Hebrew #5949)
from 5953 in the sense of effecting; an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity
KJV usage: act(-ion), deed, doing, invention, occasion, work.
Pronounce: al-ee-law'
Origin: or malilah {al-ee-law'}
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Isa. 63:8• 8And he said, They are indeed my people, children that will not lie; and he became their Saviour. (Isa. 63:8)
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Mic. 2:1‑2• 1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
 2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. (Mic. 2:1‑2)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Surely.
Zeph. 3:2• 2She hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she confided not in Jehovah; she drew not near her God. (Zeph. 3:2)
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Isa. 5:4• 4What was there yet to do to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?-- (Isa. 5:4)
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Isa. 63:8• 8And he said, They are indeed my people, children that will not lie; and he became their Saviour. (Isa. 63:8)
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Jer. 8:6• 6I hearkened and heard: they speak not what is right; there is no man who repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Every one turneth to his course, like a horse rushing into the battle. (Jer. 8:6)
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Jer. 36:3• 3It may be the house of Judah will hear all the evil that I purpose to do unto them, that they may return every man from his evil way, and that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. (Jer. 36:3)
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Luke 19:42‑44• 42saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, even at least in this thy day, the things that are for thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes;
 43for days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall make a palisaded mound about thee, and shall close thee around, and keep thee in on every side,
 44and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children in thee; and shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou knewest not the season of thy visitation. (Luke 19:42‑44)
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2 Peter 3:9• 9The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)
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Jer. 7:7• 7then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers from of old even for ever. (Jer. 7:7)
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Jer. 17:25‑27• 25then shall there enter in, through the gates of this city, kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall be inhabited for ever.
 26And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill-country, and from the south, bringing burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and oblations, and incense, and bringing thanksgiving unto the house of Jehovah.
 27But if ye will not hearken unto me, to hallow the sabbath day and not to bear a burden and enter in through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day, then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. (Jer. 17:25‑27)
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Jer. 25:5• 5when they said, Turn again now every one from his evil way, and from the wickedness of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers from of old even for ever. (Jer. 25:5)
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Jer. 38:17• 17And Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, Thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt freely go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy house. (Jer. 38:17)
howsoever.
2 Chron. 28:6‑8• 6And Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers.
 7And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah the second to the king.
 8And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took away also much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. (2 Chron. 28:6‑8)
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2 Chron. 32:1‑2• 1After these things and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to break into them.
 2And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was minded to fight against Jerusalem, (2 Chron. 32:1‑2)
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2 Chron. 33:11• 11And Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with fetters, and bound him with chains of brass, and carried him to Babylon. (2 Chron. 33:11)
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2 Chron. 36:3‑10• 3And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and imposed a fine upon the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
 4And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
 5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah his God.
 6Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him with chains of brass to carry him to Babylon.
 7And Nebuchadnezzar carried part of the vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
 8And the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
 9Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah.
 10And at the turn of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent and had him brought to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of Jehovah; and he made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. (2 Chron. 36:3‑10)
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Mic. 2:1‑2• 1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
 2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. (Mic. 2:1‑2)
corrupted.
Gen. 6:12• 12And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth. (Gen. 6:12)
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Deut. 4:16• 16lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the pattern of male or female, (Deut. 4:16)
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Hos. 9:9• 9They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. (Hos. 9:9)
• As Jehovah rose early to send them messages and warnings {v.5}, they rose early to indulge in their wickedness. (“Zephaniah 3” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I said, Only feari me, receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, howsoever I may punish her. But they rose early, they corrupted all their doings.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Surely thou wilt fear."