I said — I thought (speaking after the manner of men). Thou — O Jerusalem. Fear me — For the many and great judgments executed upon others. I punished them — In some measure.
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Zephaniah 3:7
7 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.