Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
Zephaniah 3:4 in other translations
| BSB | Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law. |
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| WEB | Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law. |
| ASV | Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. |
| YLT | Her prophets unstable--men of treachery, Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have violated the law. |
| DARBY | Her prophets are vain-glorious, treacherous persons; her priests profane the sanctuary, they do violence to the law. |
| BBE | Her prophets are good-for-nothing persons, full of deceit: her priests have made the holy place unclean and have gone violently against the law. |
| Webster | Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. |
What does Zephaniah 3:4 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zephaniah 3:1-7
The holy God hates sin most in those nearest to him. A sinful state is, and will be, a woful state. Yet they had the tokens of God's presence, and all the advantages of knowing his will, with the strongest reasons to do it; still they persisted in disobedience. Alas, that men often are more active in doing wickedness than believers are in doing good.
Zephaniah 3:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Zephaniah 3:4
- Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
- Lamentations 2:14
Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
- Hosea 9:7
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
- Malachi 2:8
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
- Micah 3:5-6
Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
- Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
- Jeremiah 23:25-27
I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart; Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
- Isaiah 9:15
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
- Isaiah 56:10-12
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
- Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
- 2 Corinthians 11:13
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
- 2 Peter 2:1-3
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isa 9:15; 56:10-12; Jer 5:31; 6:13,14; 8:10; 14:13-15; 23:9-17,25-27
Jer 23:32; 27:14,15; La 2:14; Eze 13:3-16; Ho 9:7; Mic 2:11; 3:5,6
Mt 7:15; 2Co 11:13; 2Pe 2:1-3; 1Jo 4:1; Re 19:20
her priests.
1Sa 2:12-17,22; Eze 22:26; 44:7,8; Ho 4:6-8; Mal 2:8
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Context
- Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
- Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
- Zephaniah 3:5
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 3:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sus profetas, livianos, hombres prevaricadores: sus sacerdotes contaminaron el santuario, falsearon la ley. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ses prophètes sont des vantards, des hommes perfides; ses sacrificateurs profanent le lieu saint, ils font violence à la loi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ihre Propheten sind Prahler, treulose Männer; ihre Priester entweihen das Heiligtum, tun dem Gesetze Gewalt an. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Prophetæ ejus vesani, viri infideles; sacerdotes ejus polluerunt sanctum, injuste egerunt contra legem. |