Zephaniah 3:2

Zephaniah 3:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God.
• New International Version (NIV)She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord, she does not draw near to her God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)She listens to no voice; she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord; she does not draw near to her God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)She has not obeyed His voice, She has not received correction; She has not trusted in the Lord, She has not drawn near to her God.

Context of Zephaniah 3:2

1It will be very bad for the city! It is like something that is dirty. Its people will not obey me. They like to fight weak people. They also like to do bad things. They do not listen to anyone's voice. Nobody can warn them that they are doing wrong things. They do not trust in the Lord. They do not come near to their God. 3The rulers of the city make a very loud noise with their voices like big wild animals. Its judges are like hungry wolves. They are like wolves that have even eaten all an animal's bones before morning. 4Its prophets do not know what to think. People cannot trust them. Its priests have done wrong things, even in God's holy house. They have also made changes to God's rules. They have made changes that they want.

Zephaniah 3:2 word by word

לֹ֤א שָֽׁמְעָה֙ בְּק֔וֹל לֹ֥א לָקְחָ֖ה מוּסָ֑ר בַּֽיהוָה֙ לֹ֣א בָטָ֔חָה אֶל־אֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ לֹ֥א קָרֵֽבָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• She obeyedשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• not the voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• she receivedלָקַחlâqach · to take: recieveH3947
• not correctionמוּסָרmûsâr · disciplineH4148
• she trustedבָּטַחbâţach · to trustH982
• not in the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• she drew not nearקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• to her Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Zephaniah 3:2

• Deuteronomy 28:15But if you refuse to listen to the Lord your God, all these curses will happen to you. So be careful to obey all his commands and rules that I am giving you today. If you do not obey the Lord, these curses will happen to you:
• Nehemiah 9:26But your people did not obey you. They turned against you. They stopped obeying your laws. You sent your prophets to warn your people to return to you. But they killed the prophets that you sent to them. Your people insulted you in many bad ways.
• Jeremiah 7:23I also told them, “Obey me. Then I will be your God, and you will be my people. You must live in the way that I have commanded you. If you do that, you will enjoy your lives.”
• Jeremiah 22:21When you were feeling strong and safe, I warned you that this would happen. But you said, “I refuse to listen to you.” You have been like that since you were young. You have never obeyed me.
• Zechariah 7:11But the people would not listen and they turned away. They put their hands over their ears, because they did not want to hear.
• Isaiah 1:5You continue to fight against God. Why do you do that? God will continue to punish you. You are weak and you hurt all over. Your mind and your body have great pain.
• Jeremiah 2:30‘When I punished your people, they did not change how they lived. When I sent my prophets to you, you killed them as if you were a hungry lion.’
• Jeremiah 5:3Lord, you want people to be honest and true. You have punished your people, but they did not feel any pain. You nearly destroyed them, but they still refuse to change. Their minds have become as hard as rock. They refuse to turn back to you.
• Ezekiel 24:13The dirt on the pot shows the disgusting things that you do. I tried to remove those wicked things to make you clean, but you would not let me do that. So I will punish you until I am no longer angry with you. You will not be clean until that happens.
• Psalms 50:17For you hate my teaching, and you refuse to accept my message.
• Proverbs 1:7If you want to know how to live in a good way, you must first learn to respect the Lord with fear. Fools refuse to listen to wise teaching.
• Proverbs 5:12You will say, ‘I should have listened when people warned me that I was doing bad things.
• Jeremiah 32:33They should have come to me for help, but instead they turned away from me. Many times I taught them what was right. But they would not listen to me when I warned them.
• Jeremiah 35:13The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, said to him, ‘Go and speak to the people of Judah, including those who live in Jerusalem. Tell them that I, the Lord, say this: “Learn a lesson about how you should obey me!
• John 3:18God will not punish anyone who believes in his Son. But if people refuse to believe in the Son, God has already decided that he must punish them. They have not believed in God's one and only Son.
• Psalms 78:22They did not trust God, that he had the power to save them.

Commentaries on Zephaniah 3:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2She obeyed not the voice - Of conscience, of God, and of his prophets. She received not correction - Did not profit by his chastisements; was uneasy and ill-tempered under her afflictions, and derived no manner of good from these chastisements. She trusted not in the Lord - Did not consider him as the Fountain whence all help and salvation should come; and rather sought for support from man and herself, than from God. She drew not near to her God - Did…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2She obeyed not the Voice - Of God, by the law or the prophets, teaching her His ways; and when, disobeying, He chastened her, “she received not correction,” and when He increased His chastisements, she, in the declining age of the state and deepening evil, turned not unto Him, as in the time of the judges, nor ceased to do evil. In the Lord she trusted not - But in Assyria or Egypt or her idols. Our practical relation to God is summed up in the four…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8Zephaniah delivers a message of sorrow for Judah and Jerusalem. He advises them to wait patiently for God's fair judgment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. received not correction--Jerusalem is incurable, obstinately rejecting salutary admonition, and refusing to be reformed by "correction" (Jr 5:3). trusted not in ... Lord--Distrust in the Lord as if He were insufficient, is the parent of all superstitions and wickednesses [Calvin]. drew not near to her God--Though God was specially near to her (De 4:7) as "her God," yet she drew not near to Him, but gratuitously estranged herself from Him.Read the comment

Topics related to Zephaniah 3:2

• Afflictions and Adversities

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• In the Lord
• Pride
• Zephaniah, Book of

Commentaries on Zephaniah 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings