Lexham English Bible

Zephaniah 3:1-6 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

1. Woe to you, O rebellious and defiled one! The oppressing city!

2. She listens to no voice; she does not accept correction. In Yahweh she does not trust; to her God she does not draw near.

3. Her officials in her midst are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing until the morning.

4. Her prophets are arrogant men of treachery; her priests have defiled that which is holy; they do violence to the law.

5. Yahweh is righteous in her midst; he does not do wickedness. Morning by morning he renders his judgment; at dawn he does not fail, but an evil one knows no shame.

6. “I have cut off nations; their strongholds are deserted. I have laid waste their streets, so that none pass through. Their cities have been destroyed and are without a man, without an inhabitant.