Zephaniah 3:3

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left nothing for the morning.

Cross References

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses are lighter than leopards, and swifter than evening wolves; and their horsemen shall be spread abroad: for their horsemen shall come from afar, they shall fly as an eagle that maketh haste to eat.

Jeremiah 5:6

Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them, a wolf in the evening hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that shall go out thence shall be taken, because their transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are strengthened.

Ezekiel 22:6

Behold, the princes of Israel: every one hath employed his arm in thee to shed blood.

Jeremiah 22:17

But thy eyes and thy heart are set upon covetousness and upon shedding innocent blood and upon oppression and running after evil works.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, the run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless: and the widow's cometh not in to them.

Proverbs 28:15

As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people.

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring like that of a lion: they shall roar like young lions. Yea they shall roar and take hold of the prey, and they shall keep fast hold of it, and there shall be none to deliver it.

Jeremiah 34:19

The princes of Juda 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

You stood on your swords, you have committed abominations, and every one hath defiled his neighbour's wife; and shall you possess the land by inheritance?

Jeremiah 23:11

For the prophet and the priest are defiled: and in my house I have found their wickedness, saith the Lord.