Zephaniah 3:3

Modern King James Version

Her rulers within her are roaring lions; her judges evening wolves. They do not gnaw bones for the morning.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion and a ranging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the helpless people.

Isaiah 1:23

your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe, and is pursuing rewards; they do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

Isaiah 5:29

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

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your unjust gain, and to shed innocent blood, and for cruelty, and to do violence.

Jeremiah 23:11

For both prophet and priest are ungodly; yes, in My house I have found their evil, says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 34:19

the rulers of Judah, and the rulers of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, 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 shall kill them, and a wolf of the deserts shall rob them; a leopard shall watch over their cities. Everyone who goes out from them shall be torn in pieces, because their sins are many and their backslidings are multiplied.

Ezekiel 22:6

Behold, the rulers of Israel, each man by his might, have been in you in order to shed blood.

Ezekiel 33:26

You stand on your sword, you work abomination, each defiling his neighbor's wife. And shall you possess the land?

Habakkuk 1:8

His 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 afar. They shall fly like the eagle hurrying to eat.