Zephaniah 3:1
“Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!”
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God.
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
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Cross-References
“Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;”
“For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.”
“Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.”
“Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.”
“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.”