Catholic Public Domain Version
"Her leaders are in her midst like roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing for the morning. "
— Zephaniah 3:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.”
“Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow. ”
“Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.”
“Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.”
“Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left nothing for the morning.”
“Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.”
“Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.”
Woe to the provocatrix and the redeemed city, the dove.
She has not heeded the voice, nor has she accepted discipline. She has not trusted in the Lord; she did not draw near to her God.
Her leaders are in her midst like roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing for the morning.
Her prophets are crazed; men without faith. Her priests have polluted what is holy; they have acted unjustly against the law.
The just Lord is in their midst; he will not do iniquity. In the morning, in the morning, he will bring his judgment into the light, and it will not be hidden. But the impious one has not known shame.
I have dispersed the nations, and their towers have been torn down. I have made their ways deserts, until there were none who passed through. Their cities have become desolate, with no man remaining, nor any inhabitant.