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Zephaniah 3:4

WEB

4Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.

KJV

4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

BSB

4Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.

FBV

4Your prophets are arrogant, deceitful men who defile what is sacred and who openly break the law.


Extra References

Ezekiel 22:26

26Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from my Sabbaths. So I am profaned among them.


Lamentations 2:14

14Your prophets have seen false and foolish visions for you. They have not uncovered your iniquity, to reverse your captivity, but have seen for you false revelations and causes of banishment.


Malachi 2:8

8But you have turned away from the path. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Armies.


Hosea 9:7

7The days of visitation have come. The days of reckoning have come. Israel will consider the prophet to be a fool, and the man who is inspired to be insane, because of the abundance of your sins, and because your hostility is great.


Isaiah 9:15

15The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.


Micah 3:5-6

5The LORD says concerning the prophets who lead my people astrayfor those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him: 6Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.


Jeremiah 5:31

31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?


Isaiah 56:10-12

10His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. 11Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter. 12Come,” they say, “I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be as today, great beyond measure.”


Jeremiah 23:25-27

25I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’ 26How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart? 27They intend to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they each tell his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name because of Baal.


Hosea 4:6-8

6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children. 7As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame. 8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.