Zephaniah 3:2

3:2 She is disobedient; ¹ 

she refuses correction. ² 

She does not trust the Lord;

she does not seek the advice of ³  her God.

Zephaniah 3:9

3:9 Know for sure that I will then enable

the nations to give me acceptable praise. ⁴ 

All of them will invoke the Lord’s name when they pray, ⁵ 

and will worship him in unison. ⁶ 

[3:2]  ¹ tn Heb “she does not hear a voice” Refusing to listen is equated with disobedience.

[3:2]  ² tn Heb “she does not receive correction.” The Hebrew phrase, when negated, refers elsewhere to rejecting verbal advice (Jer 17:23; 32:33; 35:13) and refusing to learn from experience (Jer 2:30; 5:3).

[3:2]  ³ tn Heb “draw near to.” The present translation assumes that the expression “draw near to” refers to seeking God’s will (see 1 Sam 14:36).

[3:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “Certainly [or perhaps, “For”] then I will restore to the nations a pure lip.”

[3:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “so that all of them will call on the name of the Lord.”

[3:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “so that [they] will serve him [with] one shoulder.”