Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to her that is rebellious and corrupted, to the oppressing city!
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 1:16And he shall remove its crop with its feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east, into the place of the ashes;
Isaiah 30:12Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because ye reject this word, and confide in oppression and wilfulness, and depend thereon,
Isaiah 59:13in transgressing and lying against Jehovah, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Jeremiah 6:7As a well poureth forth her waters, so she poureth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction are heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.
Ezekiel 22:7In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Ezekiel 23:30These things shall be done unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the nations, because thou hast defiled thyself with their idols.
Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 3:1
We now return to Jerusalem, and must again hear what God has to say to her, I. By way of reproof and threatening, for the abundance of wickedness that was found in her, of which divers instances are given, with the aggravations of them, ver. 1-7 . II. By way of promise of mercy and grace, which God had yet in reserve for them. Two general heads of promises here are:—1. That God would bring in a glorious work of reformation among them, cleanse them from their sins, and bring them home to himself; many promises of… Read the whole commentary →