“Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Zephaniah 3 contains 20 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.