Zephaniah 3:1-8
“Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.”
King James Version
Jerusalem indicted for four failures, facing the same judgment pronounced on the nations.
Fulfillment References
Matthew 23:37-38 Luke 19:41-44 Lamentations 1:8
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