Zephaniah 3:5

Yahweh is righteous in her midst. He can do no wrong. 1 Morning by morning he will dispense his justice! It will not be hidden in the light, yet unrighteous people know no shame. 1

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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 insolent and treasonous men. 1 Her priests have profaned what is holy and have done violence to the law. 1

6“I have destroyed nations; their fortresses are ruined. 1 I have made their streets ruins, so that no one passes over them. 1 Their cities are destroyed so that there is no man inhabiting them. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:14For Yahweh your God walks in the midst of your camp to give you victory and to give your enemies into your hand. Therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see any unclean thing among you and turn away from you.

Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? 1 Does the Almighty pervert righteousness? 1

Job 34:17Can one who hates justice govern? 1 Will you condemn God, who is righteous and mighty? 1

Psalms 99:3Let them praise your great and awesome name; 1 he is holy. 1

Ecclesiastes 3:16I have seen the wickedness that is under the sun, where there should be justice, and in place of righteousness, wickedness was there.

Isaiah 28:19Whenever it passes through, it will overwhelm you, 1 and morning by morning it will pass through and by day and night it will come. 1 When the message is understood, it will cause terror. 1

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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