Zephaniah 3:4

² She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

³ Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

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.

⁶ I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.
KJV: Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
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.
DARBY: Her prophets are vain-glorious, treacherous persons; her priests profane the sanctuary, they do violence to the law.
BLB: Her prophets are reckless, men of treacheries; her priests have profaned the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.

ÅB: dens profeter er storskrytere, troløse menn; dens prester vanhelliger det som er hellig, de gjør vold på loven.
OTB: Hennes profeter er arrogante, bedragerske menn;
Hennes prester har vanhelliget helligdommen,
De har krenket loven.
B1930: dens profeter er storskrytere, troløse menn; dens prester vanhelliger det som er hellig, de gjør vold på loven.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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Jeremiah 23:25–27
I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
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Isaiah 9:15
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
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