Zephaniah 3:3-5

International Standard Version

³Its national officials^[a] are roaring lions;
    its judges are like wolves of the night
        that don’t leave the bones for the morning.
⁴Its prophets are arrogant and treacherous.
    Its priests have contaminated the sanctuary.
        They give perverse interpretations of the Law.^[b]

⁵The righteous Lord who lives^[c] within her will do no wrong;
he will bring justice to light morning by morning.
He never fails,
but the unjust are shameless.