Zephaniah 3:3

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

Her chiefs in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges evening wolves; they laid not up for the morning.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:15

A roaring lion and a greedy bear the unjust one ruling over a poor people.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy chiefs turning away, and associates of thieves: every one loving a gift and following recompenses: the orphan they will not judge, and the cause of the widow will not come to them.

Isaiah 5:29

The roaring to him as the lion, and he roared as the young lions: and they shall groan and shall lay hold of the prey, and it shall escape, and none delivering.

Jeremiah 22:17

For thine eyes and thy heart not but for thy plunder and for guiltless blood to pour out, and for oppression and for running, to do.

Jeremiah 23:11

For also the prophets, also the priests were polluted; also in my house I found their evil, says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 34:19

The chiefs of Judah, and the chiefs of Jerusalem, the eunuchs and the priests, and all the people of the land passing between the parts of the calf.

Jeremiah 5:6

For this, a lion from the forest struck them, a wolf of the deserts will destroy them, the panther watched over their cities: every one going forth from thence shall be torn in pieces; for their transgressions were multiplied, their turnings away were strong.

Ezekiel 22:6

Behold, the princes of Israel they were a man to his arm to pour out;blood in thee.

Ezekiel 33:26

Ye stood upon your sword, ye did abomination, and ye defiled each his neighbor's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

Habakkuk 1:8

And his horses were swift above panthers, and they were sharp above the wolves of the evening: and his horsemen were spread, and his horsemen shall come from far off; they shall fly as the eagle hastening to eat