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Judgment on Jerusalem

Zephaniah 3:1

In 11 translations

BSB
Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
KJV
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!her…: or, gluttonous: Heb. craw
WEB
Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!
ASV
Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city!
LSV
Woe [to] the rebelling and defiling, || The oppressing city!
YLT
Woe [to] the rebellious and polluted, The oppressing city!
DBY
Woe to her that is rebellious and corrupted, to the oppressing city!
DRC
Woe to the provoking, and redeemed city, the dove.
GNV
Woe to her that is filthie and polluted, to the robbing citie.
JPS
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
LXXE
Alas the glorious and ransomed city.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
ה֥וֹי מֹרְאָ֖ה וְנִגְאָלָ֑ה הָעִ֖יר הַיּוֹנָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Ὢ ἡ ἐπιφανὴς καὶ ἀπολελυτρωμένη πόλις,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 6:6For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.
  • Isaiah 30:12Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
  • Isaiah 59:13rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
  • Zechariah 7:10Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
  • Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of…
  • Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
  • Micah 2:2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
  • Leviticus 1:16And he is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.
  • Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
  • Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
  • Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
  • Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
  • Amos 3:9Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”
  • Ezekiel 23:30have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 3:2a in some Bibles
  • Mapping unverified: STEPBible TVTMS has rules for this verse in this edition's tradition that would place it elsewhere, but their tests did not match this edition.

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