The civil leaders ​ — the princes, the nobles, and the judges — ​ were oppressing the very ones they were supposed to protect.
۱ :‏ ۹ ؛‏ ۳ :‏ ۳ )‏ بی‌جهت نبود که یَهُوَه مصمم شد ‹ دست خود را بر یهودا دراز کرده › آن را منهدم سازد !‏ —‏ صَفَنْیا .‏