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

1The filthy, stained city is as good as dead; the city filled with oppressors is finished! She is disobedient; she refuses correction. She does not trust the Lord; she does not seek the advice of her God. 3Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning. 4Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God’s laws.

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 28:15“But if you ignore the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:
• Nehemiah 9:26“Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.
• Jeremiah 7:23I also explicitly commanded them: “Obey me. If you do, I will be your God and you will be my people. Live exactly the way I tell you and things will go well with you.”
• Jeremiah 22:21While you were feeling secure I gave you warning. But you said, “I refuse to listen to you.” That is the way you have acted from your earliest history onward. Indeed, you have never paid attention to me.
• Zechariah 7:11“But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.
• Isaiah 1:5Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole body is weak.
• Jeremiah 2:30“It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion.”
• Jeremiah 5:3Lord, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways.
• Ezekiel 24:13You mix uncleanness with obscene conduct. I tried to cleanse you, but you are not clean. You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness until I have exhausted my anger on you.
• Psalms 50:17For you hate instruction and reject my words.
• Proverbs 1:7Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Proverbs 5:12And you will say, “How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!
• Jeremiah 32:33They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.
• Jeremiah 35:13The Lord God of Israel who rules over all told him, “Go and speak to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem. Tell them, ‘I, the Lord, say: “You must learn a lesson from this about obeying what I say!
• John 3:18The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
• Psalms 78:22because they did not have faith in God, and did not trust his ability to deliver 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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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