“Nonetheless they became contentious and rebelled against You. They cast Your Torah behind their back. They killed Your prophets who warned them to return to You; they committed appalling blasphemies.
Zephaniah 3:2 - Tree of Life Version She did not obey; she took no correction. She did not trust in Adonai. She did not draw near to her God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She did not listen to and heed the voice [of God]; she accepted no correction or instruction; she trusted not in the Lord [nor leaned on or was confident in Him, but was confident in her own wealth]; she drew not near to her God [but to the god of Baal or Molech]. American Standard Version (1901) She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God. Common English Bible She listened to no voice; she accepted no discipline. She didn’t trust in the LORD, nor did she draw near to her God. Catholic Public Domain Version She has not heeded the voice, nor has she accepted discipline. She has not trusted in the Lord; she did not draw near to her God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version She hath not hearkened to the voice, neither hath she received discipline: she hath not trusted in the Lord, she drew not near to her God. |
“Nonetheless they became contentious and rebelled against You. They cast Your Torah behind their back. They killed Your prophets who warned them to return to You; they committed appalling blasphemies.
The wicked one, with his nose in the air, never seeks Him. All his thoughts are: “There is no God.”
But for me, it is good to be near God. I have made my Lord Adonai my refuge. So I will tell of all Your works.
The fear of Adonai is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
and you will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned reproof!
Where will you be struck again, as you stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, the whole heart faint.
So Adonai says, “Since these people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, yet their hearts are far from Me, and their fear of Me is a mitzvah taught by men.
Oy , those going down to Egypt for help. They are relying on horses, trusting in chariots since they are many, and in horsemen since they are very mighty, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel nor seek Adonai!
Yet you have not called on Me, Jacob, for you have been weary of Me, Israel.
Yet the people will not turn back to the One who strikes them, nor will they seek Adonai-Tzva’ot.
This is your lot, the portion measured for you from Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “For you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
“In vain I struck your children. They took no correction. Your sword devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.”
I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, ‘I won’t listen!’ This has been your way since your youth— for you never listened to My voice.
“They have turned their back to Me and not their face. Though I taught them early and often, they have not listened to receive instruction.
thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “Go, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ‘Will you not receive instruction by listening to My words?’” says Adonai.
Therefore thus says Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “I am about to bring on Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them, because I spoke to them but they have not heard, and I have called to them but they have not answered.”
Adonai, do Your eyes not look for faithfulness? You struck them, but they did not grieve. You disciplined them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone. They refused to return.
“Son of man, say to her: ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of indignation.’
Because of your filthy obscenity, though I tried to purify you yet you were not made pure, you will never be cleansed from your filth until I have satisfied My fury on you.
those turning from following Adonai, not seeking Adonai or consulting Him.
All Scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for restoration, and for training in righteousness,
So let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and body washed with pure water.