Zephaniah 3:2
She obeyed not the voice; 1 she received not musar (correction); 1 her bitachon (trust) was not in Hashem; 1 she drew not near to her G-d. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1Hoy (woe) to her that is filthy and polluted, 1 to the oppressing city! + 3:1 i.e., Jerusalem 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not give heed unto the voice of Hashem Eloheicha, to be shomer to do all His mitzvot and His chukkot which I command thee today, that all these kelalot (curses) shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
Psalms 10:4The reshah, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after Him; 1 Elohim is not in all his thoughts. 1
Psalms 73:28But kiravat Elohim (drawing near to Elohim) is tov for me; 1 I make in Adonoi Hashem my refuge, 1 that I may declare all Thy deeds.
Proverbs 1:7The Yirat Hashem is the reshit da'as, 1 but fools despise chochmah and musar. 1
Isaiah 1:5Why, seeing that ye will be stricken again, 1 will ye rebel stubbornly again? 1 The kol rosh is sick, 1 and the kol levav faint. 1
Isaiah 29:13Therefore Adonoi says, 1 Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their peh, 1 and with their sfatayim do honor Me, 1 but have removed their lev far from Me, 1 and their fear toward Me 1 is mitzvat anashim melummadah (human commandments taught by rote); 1
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 →