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1Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
the oppressing city!
2She listens to no voice;
she accepts no correction.
She does not trust in the Lord ;
she does not draw near to her God.
3Her officials within her[#Ezek. 22:27; Mic. 3:9, 10]
are roaring lions;
her judges are evening wolves
that leave nothing till the morning.
4Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men;[#Jer. 23:11; Hos. 9:7]
her priests profane what is holy;
they do violence to the law.
5The Lord within her is righteous;[#Jer. 12:1]
he does no injustice;
every morning he shows forth his justice;
each dawn he does not fail;
but the unjust knows no shame.
6“I have cut off nations;[#2:4-15]
their battlements are in ruins;
I have laid waste their streets
so that no one walks in them;
their cities have been made desolate,
without a man, without an inhabitant.
7I said, ‘Surely you will fear me;[#Jer. 36:3]
you will accept correction.
Then your dwelling would not be cut off
according to all that I have appointed against you.’
But all the more they were eager
to make all their deeds corrupt.
8“Therefore wait for me,” declares the Lord ,[#Hab. 2:3; Isa. 8:17]
“for the day when I rise up to seize the prey.
For my decision is to gather nations,
to assemble kingdoms,
to pour out upon them my indignation,
all my burning anger;
for in the fire of my jealousy
all the earth shall be consumed.
9“For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples
to a pure speech,
that all of them may call upon the name of the Lord
and serve him with one accord.
10From beyond the rivers of Cush[#Ps. 68:31; Isa. 11:11; 60:4; #2:12]
my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones,
shall bring my offering.
11“On that day you shall not be put to shame[#Isa. 2:11; #Isa. 54:4]
because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;
for then I will remove from your midst
your proudly exultant ones,
and you shall no longer be haughty
in my holy mountain.
12But I will leave in your midst
a people humble and lowly.
They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord ,
13those who are left in Israel;[#2:7]
they shall do no injustice
and speak no lies,
nor shall there be found in their mouth
a deceitful tongue.
For they shall graze and lie down,
and none shall make them afraid.”
14Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion;[#Isa. 12:6; 54:1; Zech. 2:10; 9:9]
shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
15The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;
he has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, the Lord , is in your midst;
you shall never again fear evil.
16On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:[#11]
“Fear not, O Zion;
let not your hands grow weak.
17The Lord your God is in your midst,[#15]
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
18I will gather those of you who mourn for the festival,[#Lam. 1:4; 2:6]
so that you will no longer suffer reproach.
19Behold, at that time I will deal[#Isa. 60:14]
with all your oppressors.
And I will save the lame
and gather the outcast,
and I will change their shame into praise
and renown in all the earth.
20At that time I will bring you in,[#Isa. 11:12; Jer. 32:37; Ezek. 11:17]
at the time when I gather you together;
for I will make you renowned and praised
among all the peoples of the earth,
when I restore your fortunes
before your eyes,” says the Lord .