NET Bible
"Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests have defiled what is holy; they have broken God’s laws."
— Zephaniah 3:4, NET Bible
“Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.”
“Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. ”
“Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.”
“Her prophets are senseless, men without faith: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have acted unjustly against the law.”
“Her prophets are good-for-nothing persons, full of deceit: her priests have made the holy place unclean and have gone violently against the law.”
“Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.”
Jerusalem is Corrupt Beware to the filthy, stained city; the city filled with oppressors!
She is disobedient; she has refused correction. She does not trust the LORD; she has not sought the advice of her God.
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 prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests have defiled what is holy; they have broken God’s laws.
The just LORD resides within her; he commits no unjust acts. Every morning he reveals his justice. At dawn he appears without fail. Yet the unjust know no shame.
The Lord’s Judgment will Purify“I destroyed nations; their walled cities are in ruins. I turned their streets into ruins; no one passes through them. Their cities are desolate; no one lives there.
I thought,‘Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!’ If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.