Zephaniah 3:2

“She obeyed not the voice, etc.] Of his servants the prophets, as the Targum, by way of explanation, adds, who warned her of her sins and of her ruin. The inhabitants of Jerusalem hearkened not to the voice of John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, who gave notice of his coming; nor to the voice of Christ himself, who stretched out his hand all the day to a disobedient and gainsaying people; nor to the voice of his apostles, whose doctrines they contradicted and blasphemed; and put away the word of God from them, thereby judging themselves unworthy of eternal life: she received not correction; by the rod, by the judgments of God upon her: or “instruction”f100; by the Gospel preached to…”

“received not correction--Jerusalem is incurable, obstinately rejecting salutary admonition, and refusing to be reformed by "correction" (Jer 5:3). trusted not in . . . Lord--Distrust in the Lord as if He were insufficient, is the parent of all superstitions and wickednesses [CALVIN]. drew not near to her God--Though God was specially near to her (Deu 4:7) as "her God," yet she drew not near to Him, but gratuitously estranged herself from Him.”

“She obeyed not the Voice - Of God, by the law or the prophets, teaching her His ways; and when, disobeying, He chastened her, “she received not correction,” and when He increased His chastisements, she, in the declining age of the state and deepening evil, turned not unto Him, as in the time of the judges, nor ceased to do evil. In the Lord she trusted not - But in Assyria or Egypt or her idols. Our practical relation to God is summed up in the four words, “Mis-trust self; trust God.” Man reverses this, and when “self-trust” has of course failed him, then he “mistrusts God” . “Such rarely ask of God, what they hope they may obtain from man. They strain every nerve of their soul to obtain…”

“The voice - Of God by his mercy and judgments crying aloud. Zephaniah 3:3”

“obeyed: Deut. 28:15-68; Neh 9:26; Jer 7:23-28, Jer 22:21; Zac 7:11-14 she received: Isa 1:5; Jer 2:30, Jer 5:3; Eze 24:13 correction: or, instruction, Psa 50:17; Pro 1:7, Pro 5:12; Jer 32:33, Jer 35:13, Jer 35:17; Joh 3:18, Joh 3:19 she trusted: Psa 78:22; Isa 30:1-3, Isa 31:1; Jer 17:5, Jer 17:6 she drew: Psa 10:4; Isa 29:13, Isa 43:22; Heb 10:22 Zephaniah 3:3”