“Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.”
Zephaniah 3:3 (KJV) |
Zephaniah 3:3
From Zephaniah 3, in the Book of Zephaniah (Old Testament).
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Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
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.
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.