She heard not the voice: she received not correction: she trusted not in the Lord: she drew not near to her God.

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.

Her prophets are light, and wicked persons: her priests have polluted the Sanctuary: they have wrested the Law.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:3 They are so greedy that they eat up bones and all.

She obeys(A) no one,
    she accepts no correction.(B)
She does not trust(C) in the Lord,
    she does not draw near(D) to her God.
Her officials within her
    are roaring lions;(E)
her rulers are evening wolves,(F)
    who leave nothing for the morning.(G)
Her prophets are unprincipled;
    they are treacherous people.(H)
Her priests profane the sanctuary
    and do violence to the law.(I)

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