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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)No one can tell it anything; it refuses all correction. It does not trust in the Lord or draw near to its God.

Context of Zephaniah 3:2

1Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord, she does not draw near to her God. 3Her officials within her are roaring lions; her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning. 4Her prophets are unprincipled; they are treacherous people. Her priests profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law.

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 28:15However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you:
• Nehemiah 9:26“But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they turned their backs on your law. They killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.
• Jeremiah 7:23but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you.
• Jeremiah 22:21I warned you when you felt secure, but you said, ‘I will not listen!’ This has been your way from your youth; you have not obeyed me.
• Zechariah 7:11“But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears.
• Isaiah 1:5Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.
• Jeremiah 2:30“In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.
• Jeremiah 5:3Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
• Ezekiel 24:13“ ‘Now your impurity is lewdness. Because I tried to cleanse you but you would not be cleansed from your impurity, you will not be clean again until my wrath against you has subsided.
• Psalms 50:17You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.
• Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Proverbs 5:12You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!
• Jeremiah 32:33They turned their backs to me and not their faces; though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
• Jeremiah 35:13“This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘Will you not learn a lesson and obey my words?’ declares the Lord.
• John 3:18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
• Psalms 78:22for they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance.

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