Zephaniah 3:5-7
EasyEnglish Bible
5 But the Lord is among all the people in the city.[a]
He will do what is right.
He is always the honest judge.
He never fails.
But the bad people do not know how to be ashamed.
6 ‘I have destroyed nations,’ the Lord says.
‘There is nobody in their strong towers now.
I have made their streets empty, so no people are there.
I have destroyed their cities.
So nobody lives in them now.
7 I said, “Now people in the city will respect me!
Now they will agree when people warn them.”
The people would have been safe if they had accepted it.
Then I would not have to destroy them.
But it did not happen. I had to punish them.
Still, the people got up early to do bad things.
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- 3:5 ‘But the Lord is among all the people in the city’: He is always present. He sees everything. He knows everything. He is with his people. He will do what is right for them.
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