Zephaniah 3:1-8 (New Revised Standard)
1
Ah, soiled, defiled, oppressing city!
2
It has listened to no voice; it has accepted no correction. It has not trusted in the Lord; it has not drawn near to its God.
3
The officials within it are roaring lions; its judges are evening wolves that leave nothing until the morning.
4
Its prophets are reckless, faithless persons; its priests have profaned what is sacred, they have done violence to the law.
5
The Lord within it is righteous; he does no wrong. Every morning he renders his judgment, each dawn without fail; but the unjust knows no shame.
6
I have cut off nations; their battlements are in ruins; I have laid waste their streets so that no one walks in them; their cities have been made desolate, without people, without inhabitants.
7
I said, "Surely the city a will fear me, it will accept correction; it will not lose sight b of all that I have brought upon it." But they were the more eager to make all their deeds corrupt.
8
Therefore wait for me, says the Lord, for the day when I arise as a witness. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all the heat of my anger; for in the fire of my passion all the earth shall be consumed.
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- Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 3
- Zephaniah 3:1
- Zephaniah 3:2
- Zephaniah 3:3
- Zephaniah 3:4
- Zephaniah 3:5
- Zephaniah 3:6
- Zephaniah 3:7
- Zephaniah 3:8
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Treasury Of Scripture Knowledge
- Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 3
- Zephaniah 3:1
- Zephaniah 3:2
- Zephaniah 3:3
- Zephaniah 3:4
- Zephaniah 3:5
- Zephaniah 3:6
- Zephaniah 3:7
- Zephaniah 3:8
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
a.
Zephaniah 3:7 - Heb [it]
b.
Zephaniah 3:7 - Gk Syr: Heb [its dwelling will not be cut off]