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She didn`t obey the voice. She didn`t receive correction. She didn`t trust in Yahweh. She didn`t draw near to her God.
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A Four-Part Indictment
Commentators explain that Jerusalem's sin is presented as a four-fold failure. She refused to obey God's voice through His prophets, she would not accept correction when disciplined, she placed her trust in human power and wealth instead of the Lord, and she failed to draw near to the very God who called Himself hers.
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Zephaniah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
She did not obey the Voice - of God, by the law or the prophets, teaching her His ways; and when, disobeying, He chastened her, “she did not…
19th Century
Anglican
Obeyed not the voice. —Better, did not listen to the voice — i.e., of Jehovah, when He addresses her, a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
She obeyed not the voice of his servants the prophets, as the Targum, by way of explanation, adds, who warned her of her …
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