Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Zephaniah 3:4 in context
Zephaniah 3:1–7
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Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!
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She didn’t obey the voice. She didn’t receive correction. She didn’t trust in the LORD. She didn’t draw near to her God.
3
Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.
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Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.
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The LORD, within her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn’t fail, but the unjust know no shame.
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I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.
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I said, “Just fear me. Receive correction,” so that her dwelling won’t be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her. But they rose early and corrupted all their doings.
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