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 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 her who is rebellious and polluted, To the oppressing city! 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. 3Her princes in her midst are roaring lions; Her judges are evening wolves That leave not a bone till morning. 4Her prophets are insolent, treacherous people; Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have done 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 28:15“But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
• Nehemiah 9:26“Nevertheless they were disobedient And rebelled against You, Cast Your law behind their backs And killed Your prophets, who testified against them To turn them to Yourself; And they worked great provocations.
• Jeremiah 7:23But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’
• Jeremiah 22:21I spoke to you in your prosperity, But you said, ‘I will not hear.’ This has been your manner from your youth, That you did not obey My voice.
• Zechariah 7:11“But they refused to heed, shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could not hear.
• Isaiah 1:5Why should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faints.
• Jeremiah 2:30“In vain I have chastened your children; They received no correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.
• Jeremiah 5:3O Lord, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, But they have not grieved; You have consumed them, But they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to return.
• Ezekiel 24:13In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed, You will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore, Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you.
• Psalms 50:17Seeing you hate 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 5:12And say: “How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised correction!
• Jeremiah 32:33And they have turned to Me the back, and not the face; though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.
• Jeremiah 35:13“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, “Will you not receive instruction to obey My words?” says the Lord.
• John 3:18“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
• Psalms 78:22Because they did not believe in God, And did not trust in His salvation.

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