Zephaniah 3:4

Zephaniah chapter 3 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

Context

v.3Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.

v.4This passage

v.5Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Lamentations 2:14

    Thy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions; And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity, But have seen for thee false oracles and causes of banishment.

  • 1 Samuel 2:22

    Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.

  • Malachi 2:8

    But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.

  • Jeremiah 8:10

    Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

  • Jeremiah 23:9

    Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.

  • Hosea 9:7

    The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.