Zephaniah 3:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Its officials within it are roaring lions; Its judges are desert wolves that have no bones to gnaw by morning.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:15

A roaring lion or a ravenous bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and comrades of thieves; Each one of them loves a bribe and looks for gifts. The fatherless they do not defend, the widow’s plea does not reach them.

Isaiah 5:29

They roar like the lion, like young lions, they roar; They growl and seize the prey, they carry it off and none can rescue.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own gain, On shedding innocent blood and practicing oppression and extortion.

Jeremiah 23:11

Both prophet and priest are godless! In my very house I find their wickedness— oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 34:19

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

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore, lions from the forest slay them, wolves of the desert ravage them, Leopards keep watch round their cities: all who come out are torn to pieces, For their crimes are many, their rebellions numerous.

Ezekiel 22:6

See! the princes of Israel within you use their power to shed blood.

Ezekiel 33:26

You rely on your swords, you commit abominations, each defiles his neighbor’s wife—yet you would keep possession of the land?

Habakkuk 1:8

Swifter than leopards are their horses, and faster than desert wolves. Their horses spring forward; they come from far away; they fly like an eagle hastening to devour.