Zephaniah 3:1 “Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!”

Zephaniah 3:1

Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

World English Bible

Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!

American Standard Version

Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city!

Geneva Bible 1599

Woe to her that is filthie and polluted, to the robbing citie.

Darby Translation

Woe to her that is rebellious and corrupted, to the oppressing city!

Young's Literal Translation

Woe [to] the rebellious and polluted, The oppressing city!

Bible in Basic English

Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town!

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Cross references

“her that is filthy”

Leviticus 1:16

Leviticus 1:16 · BSB

And he is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.

“to the”

Jeremiah 6:6 Isaiah 30:12 Isaiah 59:13 Ezekiel 22:7 Zechariah 7:10 Malachi 3:5

Jeremiah 6:6 · BSB

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.

Isaiah 30:12 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,

Isaiah 59:13 · BSB

rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.

Ezekiel 22:7 · BSB

Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.

Zechariah 7:10 · BSB

Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’

Malachi 3:5 · BSB

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their…

Also

Ezekiel 23:30

Ezekiel 23:30 · BSB

have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.

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