Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets, are reckless, treacherous men! her priests, have profaned the holy, done violence to law.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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1 Samuel 2:22Now, Eli, was very old,—but he used to hear all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how they even lay with the women who did service, at the opening of the tent of meeting.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen, are blind None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark,—Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber.
Jeremiah 6:13For, from the least of them, even unto the greatest of them, Every one, graspeth with greed,—And from the prophet even unto the priest, Every one, dealeth, falsely;
Jeremiah 14:13Then said I, Ah, My Lord Yahweh! Lo! the prophets, are saying to them—Ye shall not see the sword And famine, shall ye not have,—For prosperity in truth, will I give you, in this place.
Jeremiah 23:10For with adulterers, is the land filled, Yea because of cursing, doth the land mourn, Dried up are the oases of the desert,—And, their oppression hath become wicked, And, their might is not right.
Jeremiah 23:25I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy in my name falsely, saying,—I have dreamed! I have dreamed!
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 →