Zephaniah 3:2

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

She hath hearkened to no voice, accepted no correction; in Yahweh, hath not trusted, to her God, hath not drawn near:

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
They didn't listen to me or accept my teachings. Jerusalem didn't trust the Lord . Jerusalem didn't go to her God.

New American Standard Bible
She obeyed no voice, She accepted no discipline. She did not trust in the LORD, She did not approach her God.

New Century Version
It obeys no voice; it can't be taught to do right. It doesn't trust the Lord ; it doesn't worship its God.

Update Bible Version
She did not obey the voice; she did not receive correction; she did not trust in Yahweh; she did not draw near to her God.

Webster's Bible Translation
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

Amplified Bible
She did not listen and heed the voice [of God]; She accepted no correction. She did not trust in the LORD [but trusted her own power]; She did not draw near to her God [but to the pagan gods of Baal or Molech].

English Standard Version
She listens to no voice; she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord ; she does not draw near to her God.

World English Bible
She didn't obey the voice. She didn't receive correction. She didn't trust in Yahweh. She didn't draw near to her God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
It herde not the vois of the Lord, and resseyuede not techyng, ether chastisyng; it tristenyde not in the Lord, it neiyide not to her God.

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

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

Contemporary English Version
Forever rebellious and rejecting correction, Jerusalem refuses to trust or obey the Lord God.

American Standard Version
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God.

Bible in Basic English
She gave no attention to the voice, she had no use for teaching, she put no faith in the Lord, she did not come near to her God.

Complete Jewish Bible
She wouldn't listen to the voice, wouldn't receive correction; she didn't trust in Adonai , didn't draw close to her God.

Darby Translation
She hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she confided not in Jehovah; she drew not near her God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
She hearkened not to the voice, she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD, she drew not near to her God.

King James Version (1611)
She obeyed not the voice: she receiued not correction: she trusted not in the Lord: she drew not neere to her God.

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

New Life Bible
She does not listen to anyone and will not be taught. She did not trust in the Lord. She does not come near to her God.

New Revised Standard
It has listened to no voice; it has accepted no correction. It has not trusted in the Lord ; it has not drawn near to its God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
She heard not the voyce: she receiued not correction: she trusted not in the Lord: she drew not neere to her God.

George Lamsa Translation
She obeyed not the voice; she received not discipline; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
She hath not hearkened to the voice, neither hath she received discipline: she hath not trusted in the Lord, she drew not near to her God.

Revised Standard Version
She listens to no voice, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the LORD, she does not draw near to her God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
She hearde not the voyce, she receaued not correction, she trusted not in the Lorde, she drewe not neare to her God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The dove hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord, and she drew not near to her God.

Good News Translation
It has not listened to the Lord or accepted his discipline. It has not put its trust in the Lord or asked for his help.

Christian Standard Bible®
She has not obeyed;she has not accepted discipline.She has not trusted in the Lord;she has not drawn near to her God.

Hebrew Names Version
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.

King James Version
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord ; she drew not near to her God.

Lexham English Bible
She listens to no voice; she does not accept correction. In Yahweh she does not trust; to her God she does not draw near.

Literal Translation
She did not listen to the voice; she did not receive correction; she did not trust in Jehovah; she did not draw near to her God.

Young's Literal Translation
She hath not hearkened to the voice, She hath not accepted instruction, In Jehovah she hath not trusted, Unto her God she hath not drawn near.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
which wil not heare, ner be refourmed. Hir trust is not in the LORDE, nether wil she holde her to hir God.

New English Translation
She is disobedient; she refuses correction. She does not trust the Lord ; she does not seek the advice of her God.

New King James Version
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 American Standard Bible (1995)
She heeded no voice, She accepted no instruction. She did not trust in the LORD, She did not draw near to her God.

Legacy Standard Bible
She did not listen to any voice;She did not receive discipline.She did not trust in Yahweh;She did not draw near to her God.

Contextual Overview

¹ Alas for her that is rebellious, and polluted, the city that oppresseth! ² She hath hearkened to no voice, accepted no correction; in Yahweh, hath not trusted, to her God, hath not drawn near: ³ Her rulers in her midst, are roaring lions, - her judges, evening wolves, they have left nothing until morning! ⁴ Her prophets, are reckless, treacherous men! her priests, have profaned the holy, done violence to law. ⁵ Yahweh, the Righteous One, is in her midst, he dealeth not perversely, - Morning by morning, his justice, bringeth he forth the light, He is not found lacking, but the perverse man knoweth no shame. ⁶ I have cut off nations, deserted are their towers, have made desolate their streets, that none passeth through; ruined are their cities, for want of men of note, from lack of any dweller! ⁷ I said, Surely thou wilt reverence, Me, wilt accept correction, lest her abode, should be cut of, howsoever I had punished her; but, in truth, they soon corrupted all their deeds.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

obeyed: Deuteronomy 28:15-68, Nehemiah 9:26, Jeremiah 7:23-28, Jeremiah 22:21, Zechariah 7:11-14

she received: Isaiah 1:5, Jeremiah 2:30, Jeremiah 5:3, Ezekiel 24:13

correction: or, instruction, Psalms 50:17, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 5:12, Jeremiah 32:33, Jeremiah 35:13, Jeremiah 35:17, John 3:18, John 3:19

she trusted: Psalms 78:22, Isaiah 30:1-3, Isaiah 31:1, Jeremiah 17:5, Jeremiah 17:6

she drew: Psalms 10:4, Isaiah 29:13, Isaiah 43:22, Hebrews 10:22

Reciprocal: Judges 6:10 - ye have Isaiah 30:9 - this is Jeremiah 7:28 - nor Jeremiah 31:18 - Thou hast Ezekiel 22:24 - General Hosea 5:2 - a rebuker Micah 6:9 - Lord's Zephaniah 3:7 - Surely 1 Corinthians 11:32 - we are 2 Thessalonians 3:14 - obey Revelation 3:19 - many

Cross-References

Psalms 58:4
Their poison, is like unto the poison of a serpent, Like the deaf adder, that stoppeth his ear;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

She obeyed not the voice,.... Of his servants the prophets, as the Targum, by way of explanation, adds, who warned her of her sins and of her ruin. The inhabitants of Jerusalem hearkened not to the voice of John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, who gave notice of his coming; nor to the voice of Christ himself, who stretched out his hand all the day to a disobedient and gainsaying people; nor to the voice of his apostles, whose doctrines they contradicted and blasphemed; and put away the word of God from them, thereby judging themselves unworthy of eternal life:

she received not correction; by the rod, by the judgments of God upon her: or "instruction" y; by the Gospel preached to her inhabitants. So the Targum interprets it,

"she received not doctrine;''

the doctrine of baptism, repentance, and remission of sins, preached by John; but rejected the counsel of God by him against themselves, Luke 7:31 nor the doctrine and instruction of Christ and his apostles, though of more worth than gold and silver; but, on the contrary, slighted and despised it, and rejected it with the utmost contempt:

she trusted not in the Lord; not in the Word of the Lord, as the Targum; the essential Word, Christ Jesus; the Word made flesh, and dwelling among them; they trusted in the law of Moses, and in their obedience to it; in their rites and ceremonies, and in the observance of them, and the traditions of their elders; they trusted in the flesh, in their carnal privileges; in their own legal righteousness, and in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others; and particularly the righteousness of Christ they submitted not unto; they trusted not in him, nor in that; though they were told, that, if they believed not that he was the Messiah, they should die in their sins:

she drew not near to her God; Immanuel, God manifest in the flesh, who was promised to the Jews, and sent unto them, whom their fathers expected, and whose God he was, and theirs also; being in his human nature of them, and God over all blessed for ever; so far were they from drawing near to him, and embracing, him, that they hid, as it were, their faces from him; they would not come to him for life and light, for grace, righteousness, and salvation; nor even to hear him preach, nor suffer others to do the same; but, as much as in them lay, hindered them from attending his ministry, word, and ordinances. The Targum is,

"she drew not nigh to the worship of her God.''

y מוסר "institutionem", Drusius, Tarnovius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

She 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 words, “Mis-trust self; trust God.” Man reverses this, and when “self-trust” has of course failed him, then he “mistrusts God” . “Such rarely ask of God, what they hope they may obtain from man. They strain every nerve of their soul to obtain what they want; canvass, flatter, fawn, bribe, court favor; and betake themselves to God when all human help fails. They would be indebted, not to God, but to their own diligence. For the more they receive of God, the less, they see, can they exalt their own diligence, the more they are bound to thank God, and obey Him the more strictly.”

To her God she drew not nigh - Even in trouble, when all draw near unto Him, who are not wholly alien from Him; she drew not near by repentance, by faith hope or love, or by works meet for repentance, but in heart remained far from Him. And yet He was “her” own “God,” as He had shown Himself in times past, who changes not, while we change; is faithful to us, while we fail Him; is still our God, while we forget Him; “waits, to have mercy upon us;” shines on us while we interpose our earth-born clouds between us and Him. Dionysius: “Not in body nor in place, but spiritually and inwardly do we approach to the uncircumscribed God,” owning Him as our Father, to whom we daily say “Our Father.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zephaniah 3:2. She 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 not worship him; did not walk in his ways; did not make prayer and supplication to him.