Zephaniah 3:3

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:15

As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”

Jeremiah 23:11

for both prophet and priest are profane. Yes, 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 out of the forest will kill them. A wolf of the evenings will destroy them. A leopard will watch against their cities. Everyone who goes out there will be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many and their backsliding has increased.

Ezekiel 22:6

“‘“Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.

Ezekiel 33:26

You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and every one of you defiles his neighbour’s wife. So should you possess the land?”’

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.