As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
Zephaniah 3:3 - Y'all Version Bible Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Her officials in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones on the morrow, for nothing is left by morning. American Standard Version (1901) Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow. Common English Bible The princes in her midst are roaring lions. Her judges are wolves of the evening; they leave nothing for the morning. Catholic Public Domain Version Her leaders are in her midst like roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing for the morning. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left nothing for the morning. |
As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
Your rulers 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.
Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they will roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.
But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”
For both prophet and priest are profane. Yes, in my house I have found their wickedness,” says YHWH.
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.
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.
“‘“See how the princes of Israel within you uses their power to shed blood.
Y’all rely on your* sword, y’all commit abominations, and every one of y’all defiles his neighbor’s wife. So should y’all possess the land?”’
Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and 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.