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Zephaniah 3:4

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3:4 Her prophets are proud; 1 

they are deceitful men.

Her priests defile what is holy; 2 

they break God’s laws. 3 

1 sn Applied to prophets, the word פֹּחֲזִים (pokhazim, “proud”) probably refers to their audacity in passing off their own words as genuine prophecies from the Lord (see Jer 23:32).

2 tn Or “defile the temple.”

sn These priests defile what is holy by not observing the proper distinctions between what is ritually clean and unclean (see Ezek 22:26).

3 tn Heb “they treat violently [the] law.”



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