Zephaniah 3:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

She received not correction - Jerusalem is incurable, obstinately rejecting salutary admonition, and refusing to be reformed by correction (Jeremiah 5:3).

She trusted not in the Lord. Distrust in the Lord, as if He were insufficient, is the parent of all superstitions and wickednesses (Calvin).

She drew not near to her God - though God was specially "nigh unto" her (Deuteronomy 4:7) as "her God," "in all things that" she might "call upon him for," yet she draw not near to Him, but gratuitously estranged herself from Him.

Zephaniah 3:2

2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction;a she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.