Zephaniah 3:3

New English Translation

Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 1:23

Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.

Isaiah 5:29

Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.

Jeremiah 22:17

But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.

Jeremiah 23:11

Moreover, the Lord says, “Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple!

Jeremiah 34:19

I will punish the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the other people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf.

Jeremiah 5:6

So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.

Ezekiel 22:6

“‘See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.

Ezekiel 33:26

You rely on your swords and commit abominable deeds; each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Will you possess the land?’

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like a vulture they swoop down quickly to devour their prey.