Zephaniah 3:4
ContextNETBible | Her prophets are proud; 1 they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; 2 they break God’s laws. 3 |
XREF | 1Sa 2:12-17,22; Isa 9:15; Isa 56:10-12; Jer 5:31; Jer 6:13,14; Jer 8:10; Jer 14:13-15; Jer 23:9-17,25-27; Jer 23:32; Jer 27:14,15; La 2:14; Eze 13:3-16; Eze 22:26; Eze 44:7,8; Ho 4:6-8; Ho 9:7; Mic 2:11; Mic 3:5,6; Mal 2:8; Mt 7:15; 2Co 11:13; 2Pe 2:1-3; 1Jo 4:1; Re 19:20 |
NET © Notes |
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 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.” |