Zephaniah 3:5-7

Modern English Version

⁶ I have cut off nations,
    their strongholds are devastated;
I have made their streets desolate,
    with no one passing by.
Their cities are destroyed;
    there is no man, no inhabitant.
⁷ I said,
    “Surely you will fear Me;
    and you will receive correction.”
So her dwelling will not be cut off,
    according to all that I have appointed against her.
But they were more eager
    to corrupt all their deeds.