Zephaniah 3:3

Modern English Version

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves who leave nothing until the morning.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe and follows after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions; they shall roar and lay hold of the prey; and shall carry it away, and no one shall deliver it.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are intent only on your covetousness and on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and violence.

Jeremiah 23:11

For both prophet and priest are profane; indeed, in My house I have found their wickedness, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 34:19

the officials of Judah and the officials of Jerusalem, the court officers, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf,

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion out of the forest will slay them, and a wolf from the deserts will destroy them; a leopard will watch over their cities. Everyone who goes out from there will be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many and their backslidings have increased.

Ezekiel 22:6

Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.

Ezekiel 33:26

You rely upon your sword, you work abominations, and every one of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses are swifter than leopards, more fierce than evening wolves. Their horsemen charge on; their horsemen come from afar; they fly like the eagle that hastens to eat.