Zephaniah 3:2-4

Living Bible

² In her pride she won’t listen even to the voice of God. No one can tell her anything; she refuses all correction. She does not trust the Lord nor seek for God.

³ Her leaders are like roaring lions hunting for their victims—out for everything that they can get. Her judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time, who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.

⁴ Her “prophets” are liars seeking their own gain; her priests defile the Temple by their disobedience to God’s laws.