Zephaniah 3:1

Woe to her that is filthy, &c.— Woe to her that provoketh wrath, and is defiled; to the oppressed city; or city of oppressors. Zephaniah 3:2. Which heareth not the voice, nor receiveth instruction, nor hath hope in Jehovah, nor approacheth to her God. Zephaniah 3:3. Whose princes, &c.—They do not gnaw the bones or, they leave no bones to gnaw in the morning; or, they rest not even till the morning. Houbigant; who observes, that the prophet in this verse compares the judges of Jerusalem to evening wolves, because they begin to hunt for their prey in the evening, yet they continue to do so throughout the whole night, and even till the morning.