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Chapter 3 |
| 1 | Woe to her
that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! |
| 2 | She obeyed not
the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew
not near to her God. |
| 3 | Her princes within her are roaring lions; her
judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. |
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Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the
sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. |
| 5 | The just LORD
is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring
his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
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| 6 | I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their
streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there
is no man, that there is none inhabitant. |
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7 | I said, Surely thou wilt
fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut
off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their
doings. |
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Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that
I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I
may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my
fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my
jealousy. |
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| For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that
they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one
consent. |
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| From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even
the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. |
| 11 | In that
day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast
transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee
them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my
holy mountain. |
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12 | I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted
and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. |
| 13 | The
remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a
deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and
none shall make them afraid. |
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14 | Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O
Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
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| 15 | The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy:
the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see
evil any more. |
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16 | In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear
thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. |
| 17 | The LORD thy
God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee
with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
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| 18 | I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are
of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. |
| 19 | Behold, at
that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth,
and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in
every land where they have been put to shame. |
| 20 | At that time
will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you
a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your
captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD. |
