Zephaniah 3:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.

Young's Literal Translation
I have said: Only, ye do fear Me, Ye do 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.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
I said,
אָמַ֜רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘Surely
אַךְ־ (’aḵ-)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

you will fear
תִּירְאִ֤י (tî·rə·’î)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

Me
אוֹתִי֙ (’ō·w·ṯî)
Direct object marker | first person common singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

and accept
תִּקְחִ֣י (tiq·ḥî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

correction.’
מוּסָ֔ר (mū·sār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4148: Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint

Then her dwelling place
מְעוֹנָ֔הּ (mə·‘ō·w·nāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4585: An abode, of God, men, animals, a retreat

would not
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be cut off
יִכָּרֵ֣ת (yik·kā·rêṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

[despite] all
כֹּ֥ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

for which
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I punished
פָּקַ֖דְתִּי (pā·qaḏ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

her.
עָלֶ֑יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

But
אָכֵן֙ (’ā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 403: Firmly, surely, but

they rose early
הִשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ (hiš·kî·mū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7925: To load up, to start early in the morning

to corrupt
הִשְׁחִ֔יתוּ (hiš·ḥî·ṯū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin

all
כֹּ֖ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

their deeds.
עֲלִילוֹתָֽם׃ (‘ă·lî·lō·w·ṯām)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5949: An exploit, a performance, an opportunity

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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