Zephaniah 3:3

American King James Version (1999)

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Cross References

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.

Jeremiah 5:6

Why a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goes out there shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

Ezekiel 22:6

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in you to their power to shed blood.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

Proverbs 28:15

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yes, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

Jeremiah 34:19

The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;

Ezekiel 33:26

You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and you defile every one his neighbor's wife: and shall you possess the land?

Jeremiah 23:11

For both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness, said the LORD.