Zephaniah 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 .

Of Jerusalem I thought, ‘Surely you will fear me and accept correction!` Then her place of refuge would not be destroyed, nor all my punishments come upon her. But they were still eager to act corruptly in all they did.

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.