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Zephaniah 3:2

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1 Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!

She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.

3 Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

4 Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
KJV
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
WEB
She didn’t obey the voice. She didn’t receive correction. She didn’t trust in the LORD. She didn’t draw near to her God.
ASV
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God.
DARBY
She hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she confided not in Jehovah; she drew not near her God.
BLB
She has not listened to [His] voice, she does not receive discipline; in YHWH she does not trust; to her God she does not draw near.
ÅB
Den hører ikke på nogens røst, tar ikke mot tukt; til Herren setter den ikke sin lit, til sin Gud holder den seg ikke nær.
OTB
Hun lyttet ikke til noen røst,
Hun tok ikke imot tilrettevisning.
Hun satte ikke sin lit til Herren,
Hun nærmet seg ikke sin Gud.
B1930
Den hører ikke på nogens røst, tar ikke mot tukt; til Herren setter den ikke sin lit, til sin Gud holder den sig ikke nær.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 5:3

    O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

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  • Jeremiah 22:21

    I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.

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  • Psalms 73:28

    But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.

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  • Jeremiah 7:23–28

    but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.

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  • Psalms 78:22

    because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.

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  • Isaiah 43:22

    But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:15–68

    If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

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  • Psalms 50:17

    For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

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