KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
I thought, 'Surely now they'll respect me and actually listen to what I'm trying to teach them. Maybe then I won't have to destroy their home, even after all the consequences I've had to give them.' But instead, they woke up each day and just kept making everything worse.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God kept hoping his people would learn from their mistakes, but they chose to double down on the chaos instead.
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