Zephaniah 3:2

New English Translation

She is disobedient; she refuses correction. She does not trust the Lord; she does not seek the advice of her God.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:26

“Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.

Psalm 10:4

The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks, “God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”

Psalm 50:17

For you hate instruction and reject my words.

Psalm 73:28

But as for me, God’s presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.

Psalm 78:22

because they did not have faith in God, and did not trust his ability to deliver them.

Proverbs 1:7

Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 5:12

And you will say, “How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

Isaiah 1:5

Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole body is weak.

Isaiah 29:13

The sovereign master says, “These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.

Isaiah 31:1

Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt’s many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the Lord.

Isaiah 43:22

“But you did not call for me, O Jacob; you did not long for me, O Israel.

Isaiah 9:12

Syria from the east, and the Philistines from the west, they gobbled up Israelite territory. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

Jeremiah 13:25

This is your fate, the destiny to which I have appointed you, because you have forgotten me and have trusted in false gods.

Jeremiah 2:30

“It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion.”

Jeremiah 22:21

While you were feeling secure I gave you warning. But you said, “I refuse to listen to you.” That is the way you have acted from your earliest history onward. Indeed, you have never paid attention to me.

Jeremiah 32:33

They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.

Jeremiah 35:13

The Lord God of Israel who rules over all told him, “Go and speak to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem. Tell them, ‘I, the Lord, say: “You must learn a lesson from this about obeying what I say!

Jeremiah 35:17

So I, the Lord, the God who rules over all, the God of Israel, say: “I will soon bring on Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem all the disaster that I threatened to bring on them. I will do this because I spoke to them but they did not listen. I called out to them but they did not answer.”’”

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways.

Ezekiel 22:24

“Son of man, say to her: ‘You are a land that receives no rain or showers in the day of my anger.’

Ezekiel 24:13

You mix uncleanness with obscene conduct. I tried to cleanse you, but you are not clean. You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness until I have exhausted my anger on you.

Zephaniah 1:6

and those who turn their backs on the Lord and do not want the Lord’s help or guidance.”

2 Timothy 3:16

Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.