Zephaniah 3:3

Young's Literal Translation 1898

Her heads in her midst are roaring lions, Her judges are evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:15

A growling lion, and a ranging bear, Is the wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes are apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.

Isaiah 5:29

Its roaring is like a lioness, It roareth like young lions, And it howleth, and seizeth prey, And carrieth away safely, and there is none delivering.

Jeremiah 22:17

But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.

Jeremiah 23:11

For both prophet and priest have been profane, Yea, in My house I found their wickedness, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Jeremiah 34:19

heads of Judah, and heads of Jerusalem, the officers, and the priests, and all the people of the land those passing through between the pieces of the calf--

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore smitten them hath a lion out of the forest, A wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, A leopard is watching over their cities, Every one who is going out of them is torn, For many have been their transgressions, Mighty have been their backslidings.

Ezekiel 22:6

Lo, princes of Israel--each according to his arm Have been in thee to shed blood.

Ezekiel 33:26

Ye have stood on your sword, Ye have done abomination, Each the wife of his neighbour ye have defiled, And the land ye possess!

Habakkuk 1:8

Swifter than leopards have been its horses, And sharper than evening wolves, And increased have its horsemen, Even its horsemen from afar come in, They fly as an eagle, hasting to consume.