Zephaniah 3:3

The Scriptures 2009

Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions, her judges are evening wolves, they shall leave no bone until morning.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:15

A roaring lion and a charging bear Is a wrongdoing ruler over poor people.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are stubborn, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and runs after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow reach them.

Isaiah 5:29

Their roar is like that of a lion, they roar like young lions. And they growl and seize prey, and slip away, with no one to rescue.

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and your heart are only upon your own greedy gain, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and on doing violence.”

Jeremiah 23:11

“For both prophet and priest have become defiled. Even in My house I have found their evil,” declares יהוה.

Jeremiah 34:19

the heads of Yehuḏah, and the heads of Yerushalayim, 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 from the forest shall strike them, a wolf of the deserts ravage them. A leopard is watching over their cities, whoever comes out of them is torn in pieces. For their transgressions have been many, their backslidings have been numerous.

Ezekiel 22:6

“See the leaders of Yisra’ĕl: each one has used his arm to shed blood in you.

Ezekiel 33:26

“You depend on your sword, and you commit abominations, and each of you defiles his neighbour’s wife. Should you then possess the land?” ’

Habakkuk 1:8

“Their horses shall be swifter than leopards, and more fierce than evening wolves. And their horsemen shall charge ahead, and their horsemen come from afar. They fly as the eagle, rushing to eat.