I said,אָמַרְתִּי‘Surelyאַךְyou will fearתִּירְאִיme,אוֹתִיyou will acceptתִּקְחִיcorrection’;מוּסָרand her dwellingוְ מְעוֹנָהּwould notלֹאbe cut off,יִכָּרֵתwith allכֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרI chargedפָּקַדְתִּיher;עָלֶיהָbut surelyאָכֵןthey rose earlyהִשְׁכִּימוּto corruptהִשְׁחִיתוּallכֹּלtheir deeds.עֲלִילוֹתָם
Zephaniah 3:7
Study it in the app“I said, ‘Surely you will fear me, you will accept correction’; and her dwelling would not be cut off, with all that I charged her; but surely they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zephaniah 3:7, word by word
- I saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- you will fearתִּירְאִיtiri
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “tiri” appears- you will acceptתִּקְחִיtikchi
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “tikchi” appears- correction’מוּסָרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears- and her dwellingמְעוֹנָmeona
dwelling
A place to live; God's people find it in God himself.
Where else “meona” appears- be cut offיִכָּרֵתyikaret
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “yikaret” appears- I chargedפָּקַדְתִּיpakadti
appoint
To put someone in charge.
Where else “pakadti” appears- but surelyאָכֵןachen
but
A word that contrasts with what came before: «but», «even so».
Where else “achen” appears- they rose earlyהִשְׁכִּימוּhishkimu
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “hishkimu” appears- to corruptהִשְׁחִיתוּhishchitu
corrupt
To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.
Where else “hishchitu” appears- their deedsעֲלִילוֹתָalilota
deed
What someone does, above all his deeds, good or bad, which others can see.
Where else “alilota” appears
The context
6“I have cut off nations; their corners are desolate; I have laid waste their streets, with no one passing through; their cities are destroyed, without a man, without an inhabitant.
7 · This verse (above)
8Therefore wait for me, declares YHWH, for the day when I rise up for the plunder; for my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out on them my indignation, all the burning of my anger; for by the fire of my jealousy all the earth will be devoured.