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Zephaniah 3:1 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Zephaniah 3:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Zephaniah chapter 3 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
Woe to Jerusalem
“Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! her: or, gluttonous: Heb. craw”
Zephaniah 3:1 (KJV)
Commentary on Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! This prophetic denunciation opens Zephaniah's third chapter with a threefold indictment of Jerusalem. The Hebrew word "filthy" (mor'ah, מֹרְאָה) means rebellious or defiled, describing deliberate resistance to God's authority. "Polluted" (nig'alah, נִגְאָלָה) refers to moral contamination and defilement, particularly through idolatry and injustice. "Oppressing" (hayonah, הַיּוֹנָה) depicts the city as a violent oppressor of the weak and vulnerable.The triple accusation—religious rebellion, moral corruption, and social oppression—r...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Zephaniah 3:1
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“Hew you down trees”
“and turning away from following our God”
“Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it;,Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:, לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר קְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל יַעַן מָאָסְכֶם בַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה וַתִּבְטְחוּ בְּעֹשֶׁק וְנָלוֹז וַתִּשָּׁעֲנוּ עָלָיו׃ ,Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because ye despise this word, And trust in oppression and perverseness, And stay thereon;,καὶ ἀποστρέψατε ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ ταύτης ἀφέλετε ἀφ' ἡμῶν τὸν τρίβον τοῦτον καὶ ἀφέλετε ἀφ' ἡμῶν τὸν ἅγιον τοῦ ισραηλ,Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye have refused to obey these words, and have trusted in falsehood; and because thou hast murmured, and been confident in this respect:,,,,”
“In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.”
“nor the fatherless”
“and against the adulterers”
“and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice”
“and cast it beside the altar on the east part”
“and for shedding innocent blood”
“and seize them; and houses”