Text -- Zephaniah 3:4 (NET)

3:4 Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God’s laws.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Zep 3:4

¹ 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).

² tn Or “defile the temple.”

sn These priests defile what is holy by not observing the proper distinctions between what is ritually clean and unclean (see Ezek 22:26).

³ tn Heb “they treat violently [the] law.”