3:7. ನೀವು ಇದರಿಂದ ಪಾಠ ಕಲಿಯಬೇಕೆಂದು ಇದನ್ನೆಲ್ಲಾ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ನೀವು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಗೌರವಿಸಿ ನನಗೆ ಭಯಪಡಬೇಕೆಂದು ನಾನು ಈ ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ನೀವು ಹೀಗೆ ಮಾಡುವುದಾದರೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಮನೆಯು ನಾಶವಾಗದು. ನೀವು ನನ್ನ ನಿಯಮಗಳನ್ನು ಅನುಸರಿಸುವದಾದರೆ ನಾನು ಆಲೋಚಿಸಿರುವ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಶಿಕ್ಷಿಸುವದಿಲ್ಲ.” ಆದರೆ ಆ ದುಷ್ಟ ಜನರು ತಮ್ಮ ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಬಿಡದೆ ದುಷ್ಟತನದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಮುಂದುವರಿಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

3:7. ನಾನು--ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ನೀನು ನನಗೆ ಭಯಪಟ್ಟು ಶಿಕ್ಷಣವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದುವಿ; ಹೀಗೆ ನಾನು ಅವರಿಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷೆ ವಿಧಿಸಿದರೂ ಅವರ ನಿವಾಸವು ಕಡಿದು ಬಿಡಲ್ಪ ಡುವದಿಲ್ಲ; ಆದರೆ ಅವರು ಬೇಗನೆ ಎದ್ದು ತಮ್ಮ ಕ್ರಿಯೆಗಳನ್ನೆಲ್ಲಾ ಕೆಡಿಸಿಬಿಟ್ಟರು ಅಂದೆನು.

3:7. I thought, 'Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!' If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.

3:7. I thought, 'Surely they will have reverence for me now! Surely they will listen to my warnings. Then I won't need to strike again, destroying their homes.' But no, they get up early to continue their evil deeds.

3:7. I said, Only fear thou me; receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings.

3:7. I said, 'Surely you will fear me; you will accept correction. Then your dwelling would not be cut off according to all that I have appointed against you.' But all the more they were eager to make all their deeds corrupt.

3:7. 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.

3:7. I said, `Surely she will fear me, she will accept correction; she will not lose sight of all that I have enjoined upon her.' But all the more they were eager to make all their deeds corrupt."

3:7. I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive correction; so her dwelling should not be cut off, {cf15i according to} all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings.

3:7. 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.

3:7. I tell you this so that you will learn a lesson. I want you to fear and respect me. If you do this, your home will not be destroyed, and I will not have to punish you the way I planned." But those evil people only wanted to do more of the same evil things they had already done!

3:7. I said, "Just fear me. Receive correction, so that her dwelling won\'t be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her." But they rose early and corrupted all their doings.

3:7. I said, H559 Surely H389 thou wilt fear H3372 me , thou wilt receive H3947 instruction; H4148 so their dwelling H4583 should not H3808 be cut off, H3772 howsoever H3605 H834 I punished H6485 H5921 them: but H403 they rose early, H7925 [and] corrupted H7843 all H3605 their doings. H5949