Zeph.3.4

Zephaniah 3:4

KJV

Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

Judgment on Jerusalem

Cross References

Judges 9:4

KJV

And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

Abimelech’s Conspiracy

Jeremiah 23:11

KJV GOD

For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord.

Lying Prophets

Jeremiah 23:32

KJV GOD

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.

Lying Prophets

Jeremiah 34:19

KJV GOD

The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;

Freedom for Hebrew Slaves

Ezekiel 22:26

KJV GOD

Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Israel’s Wicked Leaders

Ezekiel 44:23

KJV GOD

And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

The Duties of the Priests

Malachi 1:6

KJV GOD

¶ A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

The Polluted Offerings

Malachi 2:7

KJV GOD

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

A Warning to the Priests

Malachi 2:8

KJV GOD

But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.