Key Verse Spotlight
Zephaniah 3:2 — Meaning and Application
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. {correction: or, instruction}”
Zephaniah 3:2
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! {her...: or, gluttonous: Heb. craw}
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. {correction: or, instruction}
Her princes within her {are} roaring lions; her judges {are} evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Her prophets {are} light {and} treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
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