John Trapp on Zephaniah 3:2

Verſe 2. She obeyed not the voice] ſc. of her teachers, nor enclined her ear to them that inſtructed her, as Prov. 5.13. Hence ſhe was ſo filthy and oppreſſive: who if ſhe had harkened to wholſome counſell, and hidden the word of Gods grace in her heart, would have purified her ſelf even as He is pure, 1 Ioh. 3.3. and not have exacted money and corn, but have left off that uſury Neh. 5.10.

ſhe received not correction] or diſcipl[illegible: 1 letter]ne, as being incurable or incorrigible, pining away in her iniquity Lev. 26.39. and not accepting the chaſtiſement of her ſin.

ſhe truſted not in the Lord] but knockt at the creatures doore for help in her diſtreſſe, and made fleſh her arme, her heart departed from the Lord Ier. 17.5. This God taketh very ill Ier. 2.12.13. as he hath very great reaſon: Confidence being the leaſt and yet the beſt we can render to him for all his benefits.

ſhe drew not neer to her God] Though he were her God, yet ſhe gat as far from him as ſhe could: and, like a wild beaſt, would not be tamed nor managed by him. Now if theſe be undoubted arguments of filthy and polluted State, as ſurely they are, what ſhall we think of our ſelves, who are as deeply guilty as ever Jeruſalem was in the promiſes? what ſhall the Lord do, or what ſhall he not do rather to a nation ſo incorrigibly flagitious, ſo obliged, ſo warned, ſo ſhameleſly, ſo lawleſly wicked?