Zephaniah 3:5

But the just Lord is in the midst of her, and he will never do an unjust thing: morning by morning he will bring out his judgment to the light, and it is not hidden, and he knows not injustice by extortion, nor injustice in strife.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

In Context

4Her prophets are light and scornful men: her priests profane the holy things, and sinfully transgress the law.

6I have brought down the proud with destruction; their corners are destroyed: I will make their ways completely waste, so that none shall go through: their cities are come to an end, by reason of no man living or dwelling in them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:14and thou shalt have a trowel on thy girdle; and it shall come to pass when thou wouldest relieve thyself abroad, that thou shalt dig with it, and shalt bring back the earth and cover thy nuisance.

Job 8:3Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; 1 Or will he that has made all things pervert justice? 1

Job 34:17Behold then the one that hates iniquities, 1 And that destroys the wicked, 1 Who is forever just. 1

Psalms 99:3Know that the Lord he is God; 1 He made us, and not we ourselves; 1 We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 1

Ecclesiastes 3:16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, 1 There was the ungodly one; 1 And the place of righteousness, 1 There was the godly one. 1

Isaiah 28:19Whenever it shall pass by, it shall take you; morning by morning it shall pass by in the day, and in the night there shall be an evil hope. Learn to hear,

Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 3:2-8

The Depravity of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 612.) 1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! 2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord ; she drew not near to her God. 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 5 The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will… Read the whole commentary →

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