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Zephaniah 3:1-5

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

1. Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! 2. She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. 3. Her princes within her [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 4. Her prophets [are] light [and] treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 5. The just LORD [is] in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

Zephaniah 3:1-5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zephaniah 3:1

Theological / Devotional

Woe. Turning to Jerusalem, Zephaniah warns her that God’s punishment of the wicked will include also the hardened sinners of Judah (vs. 1-5).

Filthy. From the Heb. mara’, which, according to some authorities, means “to be rebellious”; according to others, “to be filthy.”

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