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Her prophetsנְבִיאֶיהָare reckless,פֹּחֲזִיםmenאַנְשֵׁיof treachery;בֹּגְדוֹתher priestsכֹּהֲנֶיהָhave profanedחִלְּלוּwhat is holy,קֹדֶשׁthey have done violenceחָמְסוּto the instruction.תּוֹרָה
Zephaniah 3:4
Study it in the app“Her prophets are reckless, men of treachery; her priests have profaned what is holy, they have done violence to the instruction.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zephaniah 3:4, word by word
- Her prophetsנְבִיאֶיnevie
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “nevie” appears- are recklessפֹּחֲזִיםpochazim
reckless
Reckless, unrestrained: a person who rushes into everything without thinking. The picture of the word is water that boils over.
Where else “pochazim” appears- menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of treacheryבֹּגְדוֹתbogdot
treachery
Treachery, acts of betrayal.
Where else “bogdot” appears- her priestsכֹּהֲנֶיkohane
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohane” appears- have profanedחִלְּלוּchillu
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “chillu” appears- what is holyקֹדֶשׁkodesh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears- they have done violenceחָמְסוּchamsu
do violence, wrong
To do violence, to mistreat; to tear away by force.
Where else “chamsu” appears- to the instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears
The context
3Her officials in her midst are roaring lions; her judges, wolves of the evening that do not leave a bone for the morning.
4 · This verse (above)
5YHWH is righteous in her midst; he does not do injustice; morning by morning he brings his justice to the light; he does not fail; but the unjust does not know shame.