Zephaniah 3:1
What disaster is coming to corrupted, rebellious Jerusalem, you who oppress people!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 1:16He must remove the crop and the feathers, and throw them to the east side of the altar into the ash pile.
Isaiah 30:12So this is how the Holy One of Israel replies, Since you have rejected this message, and since you trust in oppression and believe in dishonesty,
Isaiah 59:13We have disobeyed and denied you, Lord; we have turned our backs on our God. We have encouraged oppression and rebellion, telling lies we've carefully thought out.
Jeremiah 6:7Like a spring gushing out water, so she pours out her evil. The sounds of violence and abuse echo inside her. I see people sick and wounded everywhere.
Ezekiel 22:7You despise your parents. You exploit the foreigners who live with you, and you mistreat orphans and widows.
Ezekiel 23:30is why all this has happened to you, because you acted as a prostitute with the nations and made yourself unclean by worshiping 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 →