Zephaniah 3:2

She has not obeyed the voice, she has not accepted instruction, In the Lord she has not trusted, to her God she has not drawn near.

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

In Context

1Woe to the rebellious and unclean city of oppression,

3Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves, who leave nothing over until the morning,

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Cross References

Psalms 10:4in wicked pride, thinks: God doesn’t care, God doesn’t call to account.

Psalms 73:28But I am happy when close to God; the Lord my God I have made my refuge, that I may recount all the things you have done.

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 →

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