Zephaniah 3:1
Woe [to] the rebellious and polluted, The oppressing city!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 1:16and he hath turned aside its crop with its feathers, and hath cast it near the altar, eastward, unto the place of ashes;
Isaiah 30:12Therefore, thus said the Holy One of Israel, Because of your kicking against this word, And ye trust in oppression, And perverseness, and rely on it,
Isaiah 59:13Transgressing, and lying against Jehovah, And removing from after our God, Speaking oppression and apostasy, Conceiving and uttering from the heart Words of falsehood.
Jeremiah 6:7As the digging of a well, is [for] its waters, So she hath digged [for] her wickedness, Violence and spoil is heard in her, Before My face continually [are] sickness and smiting.
Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.
Ezekiel 23:30To do these things to thee, In thy going a-whoring after nations, Because thou hast been defiled with 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 →