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

1Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Yhwh; she drew not near to her God. 3Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: 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

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

Cross-references for Zephaniah 3:2

• Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Yhwh thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
• Nehemiah 9:26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
• Jeremiah 7:23But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
• Jeremiah 22:21I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
• Zechariah 7:11But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
• Isaiah 1:5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Jeremiah 2:30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• Jeremiah 5:3O Yhwh, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
• Ezekiel 24:13In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
• Psalms 50:17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
• Proverbs 1:7The fear of Yhwh is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Proverbs 5:12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
• Jeremiah 32:33And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
• Jeremiah 35:13Thus saith Yhwh of Armies, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith Yhwh.
• John 3:18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
• Psalms 78:22Because they believed not in God, and trusted not 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