Zephaniah 3:7

Zephaniah · Old Testament · Chapter 3

“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

What Does Zephaniah 3:7 Mean?

Zephaniah 3:7 is found in the book of Zephaniah, chapter 3, verse 7 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Zephaniah 3:7 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Hosea 9:9“They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.”Jeremiah 5:3“O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.”Jeremiah 36:3“It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.”Matthew 21:37“But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.”Deuteronomy 32:5“They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.”Jeremiah 6:8“Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.”Jeremiah 7:7“Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.”Jeremiah 17:23“But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.”Jeremiah 25:5“They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:”Ezekiel 24:13“In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.”Micah 2:1“Woe 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.”Zephaniah 3:2“She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.”Revelation 2:22“Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.”Genesis 6:12“And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.”Deuteronomy 4:16“Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,”2 Chronicles 28:6“For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.”2 Chronicles 32:1“After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.”2 Chronicles 33:11“Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.”2 Chronicles 36:3“And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.”Nehemiah 1:7“We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.”

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