KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Zephaniah 3:2
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
WEB 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.
ASV American Standard Version
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Zephaniah 3
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 not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
לֹ֤אH3808 · lonotשָֽׁמְעָה֙H8085 · sha.mato hear: hearבְּק֔וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotלָקְחָ֖הH3947 · la.qachto take: takeמוּסָ֑רH4148 · mu.sardisciplineבַּֽיהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotבָטָ֔חָהH982 · ba.tachto trustאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֱלֹהֶ֖יהָH430 · e.lo.himGodלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotקָרֵֽבָה׃H7126 · qa.ravto present: come
Cross-references
Jeremiah 5:3O 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.Jeremiah 22:21I 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.Jeremiah 7:23-28But 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.Psalm 73:28But [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.Psalm 78:22Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:Proverbs 5:12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;Deuteronomy 28:15-68But 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:Psalm 10:4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.John 3:18-19He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.Jeremiah 2:30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.Jeremiah 32:33And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching [them], yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.Nehemiah 9:26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.Isaiah 43:22But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.Isaiah 29:13Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:Psalm 50:17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.Isaiah 31:1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!Jeremiah 35:13Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.Zechariah 7:11-14But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
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