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Zephaniah 3:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
Zephaniah 3:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 Her princes within her are as roaring (A)lions: her judges are as (B)wolves in the evening, which [a]leave not the bones till the morrow.
4 Her prophets are light, and wicked persons: her priests have polluted the Sanctuary: they have wrested the Law.
5 The [b]just Lord is in the midst thereof: he will do none iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not: but the wicked will not learn to be ashamed.
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- Zephaniah 3:3 They are so greedy that they eat up bones and all.
- Zephaniah 3:5 The wicked thus boasted that God was ever among them, but the Prophet answereth that that cannot excuse their wickedness: for God will not bear with their sins: yet that he did patiently abide and sent his Prophets continually to call them to repentance, but he profited nothing.
Zephaniah 3:3-5
New International Version
Zephaniah 3:3-5
New International Version
3 Her officials within her
are roaring lions;(A)
her rulers are evening wolves,(B)
who leave nothing for the morning.(C)
4 Her prophets are unprincipled;
they are treacherous people.(D)
Her priests profane the sanctuary
and do violence to the law.(E)
5 The Lord within her is righteous;(F)
he does no wrong.(G)
Morning by morning(H) he dispenses his justice,
and every new day he does not fail,(I)
yet the unrighteous know no shame.(J)
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