Zephaniah 3:5

But Jehovah is just in the midst of her; He doeth no iniquity. Every morning bringeth he his righteousness to light; he faileth not; Yet the wicked knoweth not shame.

Noyes Bible

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 vainglorious, Men of treachery; Her priests pollute the sanctuary, They violate the law.

6I have cut off nations; their towers are destroyed; I have laid waste their streets so that none passeth through; Their cities are made desolate, without a man, without an inhabitant.

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Cross References

Job 8:3Will God pervert judgment? Or will the Almighty pervert justice?

Job 34:17Shall he, that hateth justice, govern? Wilt thou then condemn the just and mighty One?

Psalms 99:3Let men praise thy great and terrible name! It is holy.

Ecclesiastes 3:16Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice there was iniquity; and in the place of righteousness, iniquity.

Isaiah 28:19As often as it passeth through, it shall bear you away; For every morning shall it pass through, By day and by night; Even to hear the rumor of it shall be terrible.

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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