Zephaniah 3:4

New English Translation

⁴Her prophets are proud;^[a]
they are deceitful men.
Her priests have defiled what is holy;^[b]
they have broken God’s laws.^[c]

Zephaniah 3:4 sn Applied to prophets, the word פֹּחֲזִים (pokhazim, “proud”) probably refers to their audacity in passing off their own words as genuine prophecies from the Lord (see Jer 23:32).
Zephaniah 3:4 tn Or “defiled the temple.”sn These priests defiled what is holy by not observing the proper distinctions between what is ritually clean and unclean (see Ezek 22:26).
Zephaniah 3:4 tn Heb “they treated [the] law violently.”

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