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Zephaniah 3

Zeph. 3:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Her princes
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
within
qereb (Hebrew #7130)
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
KJV usage: X among, X before, bowels, X unto charge, + eat (up), X heart, X him, X in, inward (X -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, + out of, purtenance, X therein, X through, X within self.
Pronounce: keh'-reb
Origin: from 7126
her are roaring
sha'ag (Hebrew #7580)
to rumble or moan
KJV usage: X mightily, roar.
Pronounce: shaw-ag'
Origin: a primitive root
lions
'ariy (Hebrew #738)
from 717 (in the sense of violence); a lion
KJV usage: (young) lion, + pierce (from the margin).
Pronounce: ar-ee'
Origin: or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}
; her judges
shaphat (Hebrew #8199)
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.
Pronounce: shaw-fat'
Origin: a primitive root
are evening
`ereb (Hebrew #6153)
dusk
KJV usage: + day, even(-ing, tide), night.
Pronounce: eh'-reb
Origin: from 6150
wolves
z'eb (Hebrew #2061)
a wolf
KJV usage: wolf.
Pronounce: zeh-abe'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be yellow
; they gnaw not the bones
garam (Hebrew #1633)
to be spare or skeleton-like; used only as a denominative from 1634; (causative) to bone, i.e. denude (by extensive, craunch) the bones
KJV usage: gnaw the bones, break.
Pronounce: gaw-ram'
Origin: a primitive root
till the morrow
boqer (Hebrew #1242)
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
KJV usage: (+) day, early, morning, morrow.
Pronounce: bo'-ker
Origin: from 1239
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Evening,
Lion,
Prince; Princess,
Wolf

Cross References

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princes.
Job 4:8‑11• 8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
 9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
 10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
 11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. (Job 4:8‑11)
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Psa. 10:8‑10• 8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
 9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
 10He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. (Psa. 10:8‑10)
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Prov. 28:15• 15As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. (Prov. 28:15)
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Isa. 1:23• 23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. (Isa. 1:23)
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Jer. 22:17• 17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. (Jer. 22:17)
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Ezek. 22:6,25‑27• 6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
 25There 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.
 26Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
 27Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. (Ezek. 22:6,25‑27)
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Mic. 3:1‑4,9‑11• 1And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
 2Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
 3Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
 4Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
 9Hear 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.
 10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
 11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us. (Mic. 3:1‑4,9‑11)
evening.
Jer. 5:6• 6Wherefore 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. (Jer. 5:6)
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Hab. 1:8• 8Their 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. (Hab. 1:8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning.