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1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
Zep3:2 The dove hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord, and she drew not near to her God.
2 She hearkened not to the voice, she received not correction; she trusted not in YHWH, she drew not near to her God.
Zep3:3 Her princes within her were as roaring lions, her judges as the wolves of Arabia; they remained not till the morrow.
2 She has not heeded the voice, nor has she accepted discipline. She has not trusted in the Lord; she did not draw near to her God.
3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the desert, they leave not a bone for the morrow.
Zep3:4 Her prophets are light and scornful men: her priests profane the holy things, and sinfully transgress the law.
3 Her leaders are in her midst like roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing for the morning.
4 Her prophets are wanton and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned that which is holy, they have done violence to the law.
Zep3:5 But the just Lord is in the midst of her, and he will never do an unjust thing: morning by morning he will bring out his judgement to the light, and it is not hidden, and he knows not injustice by extortion, nor injustice in strife.
4 Her prophets are crazed; men without faith. Her priests have polluted what is holy; they have acted unjustly against the law.