Zephaniah 3:3

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till 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 rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring is like a lion, like young lions they roar; they growl and seize their prey, they carry it off, and none can rescue.

Jeremiah 22:17

But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.”

Jeremiah 23:11

“Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their wickedness, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 34:19

the princes of Judah, the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf;

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them, a wolf from the desert shall destroy them. A leopard is watching against their cities, every one who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are great.

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 resort to the sword, you commit abominations and each of you defiles his neighbor's wife; shall you then possess the land?

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses are swifter than leopards, more fierce than the evening wolves; their horsemen press proudly on. Yea, their horsemen come from afar; they fly like an eagle swift to devour.