Zephaniah 3:2
She hearkened not to the voice, she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD, she drew not near to her God.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
1Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:15But 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.
Psalms 10:4The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith: 'He will not require'; all his thoughts are: 'There is no God.'
Psalms 73:28But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works.
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.
Isaiah 1:5On what part will ye yet be stricken, seeing ye stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;
Isaiah 29:13And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near, and with their mouth and with their lips do honour Me, but have removed their heart far from Me, and their fear of Me is a commandment of men learned by rote;
Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 3:2-8
The Depravity of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 612.) 1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! 2 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. 5 The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will… Read the whole commentary →