The civil leaders ​ — the princes, the nobles, and the judges — ​ were oppressing the very ones they were supposed to protect.
Tautas vadītāji — valdnieki, dižciltīgie un tiesneši — apspieda cilvēkus, kas viņiem bija jāaizstāv. ( Cefanjas 1: 9; 3: 3.)