| 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. |
| 4 | Her prophets
are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary,
they have done violence to the law. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 14 | Sing, O
daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O
daughter of Jerusalem. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
