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Zephaniah 3:2

ObedienceFaith

1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done 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.

Compare

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, 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.

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  • Jeremiah 22:21

    I 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.

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  • Psalms 73:28

    But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

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  • Jeremiah 7:23–28

    But 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.

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  • Psalms 78:22

    Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

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  • Isaiah 43:22

    But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:15–68

    But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD 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:

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  • Psalms 50:17

    Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

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