Zephaniah 3:2-4

New International Reader's Version

² They don’t obey anyone.
    They don’t accept the Lord’s warnings.
They don’t trust in him.
    They don’t ask their God for his help.
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.