Zephaniah 3:3-5
New International Reader's Version
3 Jerusalem’s officials are like roaring lions.
Their rulers are like wolves that hunt in the evening.
They don’t leave anything to eat in the morning.
4 Their prophets care about nothing.
They can’t be trusted.
Their priests make the temple “unclean.”
They break the law they teach others to obey.
5 In spite of that, the Lord is good to Jerusalem.
He never does anything that is wrong.
Every morning he does what is fair.
Each new day he does the right thing.
But those who do what is wrong
aren’t even ashamed of it.
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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