Zephaniah 3:1-7
Revised Standard Version
The Wickedness of Jerusalem
3 Woe to her that is rebellious and defiled,
the oppressing city!
2 She listens to no voice,
she accepts no correction.
She does not trust in the Lord,
she does not draw near to her God.
3 Her officials within her
are roaring lions;
her judges are evening wolves
that leave nothing till the morning.
4 Her prophets are wanton,
faithless men;
her priests profane what is sacred,
they do violence to the law.
5 The Lord within her is righteous,
he does no wrong;
every morning he shows forth his justice,
each dawn he does not fail;
but the unjust knows no shame.
6 “I have cut off nations;
their battlements are in ruins;
I have laid waste their streets
so that none walks in them;
their cities have been made desolate,
without a man, without an inhabitant.
7 I said, ‘Surely she will fear me,
she will accept correction;
she will not lose sight[a]
of all that I have enjoined upon her.’
But all the more they were eager
to make all their deeds corrupt.”
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 3:7 Gk Syr: Heb and her dwelling will not be cut off
Zephaniah 3:1-7
American Standard Version
3 Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city! 2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not [a]correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God. 3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they [b]leave nothing till the morrow. 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 5 Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; [c]every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. 6 I have cut off nations; their [d]battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant. 7 I said, Only fear thou me; receive [e]correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, [f]according to all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings.
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- Zephaniah 3:2 Or, instruction
- Zephaniah 3:3 Or, gnaw not the bones on the morrow
- Zephaniah 3:5 Hebrew morning by morning.
- Zephaniah 3:6 Or, corner towers
- Zephaniah 3:7 Or, instruction
- Zephaniah 3:7 Or, howsoever I have punished her
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