Zephaniah 3:3

American Standard Version (1901)

Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.

Cross References

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

Jeremiah 5:6

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence 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 according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.

Jeremiah 22:17

But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Proverbs 28:15

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, So is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 5:29

their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

Jeremiah 34:19

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

Ezekiel 33:26

Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbor’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?

Jeremiah 23:11

for both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.