Zephaniah 3:3
fHer princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the *morrow.
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
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Ezekiel 22:25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
Ezekiel 22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
Habakkuk 1:8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Micah 3:9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
Micah 3:10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Jeremiah 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Proverbs 28:15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
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morrow-morning.
persons of principal place and authority about the king, chief officers in civil matters. and, which is worse, her own princes, born and bred among them, who should have been most tender and just.
which hunt for prey, are ever tearing or threatening, affrighting or devouring. Such the Assyrian princes were, Nah 2:11,12. Such, and no better, are the princes in Judah and Jerusalem.
elders of cities, magistrates of lower rank; or it may be the sanhedrim.
most hungry, insatiable, and cruel, like wolves of the evening whetted with hunger and fasting, Hab 1:8.
they leave nothing to be eat or the morrow, they devour all presently.
persons of principal place and authority about the king, chief officers in civil matters. and, which is worse, her own princes, born and bred among them, who should have been most tender and just.
which hunt for prey, are ever tearing or threatening, affrighting or devouring. Such the Assyrian princes were, Nah 2:11,12. Such, and no better, are the princes in Judah and Jerusalem.
elders of cities, magistrates of lower rank; or it may be the sanhedrim.
most hungry, insatiable, and cruel, like wolves of the evening whetted with hunger and fasting, Hab 1:8.
they leave nothing to be eat or the morrow, they devour all presently.