“(Chapter 3, verses 1 onwards) Woe to the provoking and redeemed city: the dove did not hear the voice and did not receive discipline. It did not trust in the Lord and did not approach its God. Its princes are in its midst, like roaring lions. Its judges are wolves of the evening, they do not leave anything for the mor…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Zephaniah
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2She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
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1Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
— Zephaniah 3:2 —
3Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.