Parallel Verses
Amplified
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].
New American Standard Bible
She
She did not
She did not
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.
Holman Bible
she has not accepted discipline.
She has not trusted
she has not drawn near to her God.
International Standard Version
It won't obey anyone. It won't accept discipline. It does not trust in the LORD. It does not approach God.
A Conservative Version
She obeyed not the voice. She received not correction. She trusted not in LORD. She did not draw near to her 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.
Darby Translation
She hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she confided not in Jehovah; she drew not near her God.
Julia Smith Translation
She heard not to the voice: she received not instruction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God.
King James 2000
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
Lexham Expanded 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.
Modern King James verseion
She did not obey the voice; she did not receive correction. She trusted not in Jehovah; she did not draw near to her God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
which will not hear, nor be reformed. Her trust is not in the LORD, neither will she hold her to her God.
NET Bible
She is disobedient; she refuses correction. She does not trust the Lord; she does not seek the advice of her God.
New Heart English Bible
She did not obey the voice. She did not receive correction. She did not trust in the LORD. She did not draw near to her God.
The Emphasized Bible
She hath hearkened to no voice, accepted no correction; in Yahweh, hath not trusted, to her God, hath not drawn near:
Webster
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not 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.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Chastisement » The reward for not receiving correction
Closeness » The reward for not drawing near to God
Trust » Those that do not trust in the lord
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Zephaniah 3:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment Of Jerusalem And The Nations
1
The tyrannical city [Jerusalem]!
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].
Her officials within her are roaring lions;
Her judges are [as hungry as] the wolves at evening,
They leave nothing for the morning.
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth?
You [have seen their faithless heart and] have stricken them,
But they did not weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they refused to take correction or instruction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent and return to You.
Psalm 78:22
Because they did not believe in God [they did not rely on Him, they did not adhere to Him],
And they did not trust in His salvation (His power to save).
Jeremiah 2:30
“In vain I have punished your people [with the consequences of their disobedience];
They received no insight from correction [and refused to change].
Your [own] sword has devoured your prophets
Like a destroying lion.
Jeremiah 7:23-28
But this thing I did command them: ‘Listen to and obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, so that it may be well with you.’
Jeremiah 22:21
“I spoke to you in your [times of] prosperity,
But you said, ‘I will not listen!’
This has been your attitude and practice from your youth;
You have not obeyed My voice.
Deuteronomy 28:15-68
“But it shall come about, if you do not listen to and obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
Nehemiah 9:26
“Yet they were disobedient and rebelled against You,
And cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your prophets who warned them
To return to You;
And they committed great [and contemptible] blasphemies.
Psalm 10:4
The wicked, in the haughtiness of his face, will not seek nor inquire for Him;
All his thoughts are, “There is no God [so there is no accountability or punishment].”
Psalm 50:17
“For you hate instruction and discipline
And cast My words behind you [discarding them].
Psalm 73:28
But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God;
I have made the Lord God my refuge and placed my trust in Him,
That I may tell of all Your works.
Proverbs 1:7
The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence];
But arrogant
Proverbs 5:12
And you say, “How I hated instruction and discipline,
And my heart despised correction and reproof!
Isaiah 1:5
Why should you be stricken and punished again [since no change results from it]?
You [only] continue to rebel.
The whole head is sick
And the whole heart is faint and sick.
Isaiah 29:13
Then the Lord said,
And honors Me [only] with their lip service,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their reverence for Me is a tradition that is learned by rote [without any regard for its meaning],
Isaiah 30:1-3
“Who carry out a plan, but not Mine,
And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
Isaiah 31:1
Who rely on horses
And trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek and consult the Lord!
Isaiah 43:22
“Yet you have not called on Me [in prayer and worship], O Jacob;
But you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.
Jeremiah 17:5-6
Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
Jeremiah 32:33
They have turned their back to Me and not their face; though I taught them repeatedly, yet they would not listen and receive instruction.
Jeremiah 35:13
“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Go and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, “Will you not receive instruction by listening to My words and honoring them?” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 35:17
Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold (hear this), I am bringing on Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the disaster that I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them, but they have not listened, and I have called to them, but they have not answered.’”
Ezekiel 24:13
“In your filthiness are lewdness and outrage.
Therefore I would have cleansed you,
Yet you were not [willing to be] cleansed,
You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again
Until I have satisfied My wrath against you.
Zechariah 7:11-14
But they refused to listen and pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder [stiffening themselves in resistance] and stopped up their ears.
John 3:18-19
Hebrews 10:22
let us approach [God] with a true and sincere heart in unqualified assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.