Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;
trouble and malice are under his tongue.(A)

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His mouth is full(A) of lies and threats;(B)
    trouble and evil are under his tongue.(C)

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19 You unleash your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue for deceit.(A)

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19 You use your mouth for evil
    and harness your tongue to deceit.(A)

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14 The Lord brings this charge
against the elders and leaders of His people:(A)
“You have devastated the vineyard.
The plunder from the poor is in your houses.(B)

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14 The Lord enters into judgment(A)
    against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
    the plunder(B) from the poor(C) is in your houses.

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18 Woe to those who drag wickedness
with cords of deceit(A)
and pull sin along with cart ropes,

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18 Woe(A) to those who draw sin along with cords(B) of deceit,
    and wickedness(C) as with cart ropes,

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12 Therefore the Holy One of Israel says:
“Because you have rejected this message
and have trusted in oppression and deceit,
and have depended on them,

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12 Therefore this is what the Holy One(A) of Israel says:

“Because you have rejected this message,(B)
    relied on oppression(C)
    and depended on deceit,

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Why have these people turned away?
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;(A)
they refuse to return.(B)

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Why then have these people turned away?
    Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;(A)
    they refuse to return.(B)

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On that day(A) I will punish
all who skip over the threshold,[a](B)
who fill their master’s house
with violence and deceit.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:9 Hb obscure

On that day I will punish
    all who avoid stepping on the threshold,[a](A)
who fill the temple of their gods
    with violence and deceit.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:9 See 1 Samuel 5:5.

10 and said, “You son of the Devil,(A) full of all deceit and all fraud, enemy of all righteousness! Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths(B) of the Lord?

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10 “You are a child of the devil(A) and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?(B)

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29 They are filled with all unrighteousness,[a] evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:29 Other mss add sexual immorality

29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,(A)

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