Zephaniah 3:4–7

4 Her prophets are recklessh—

treacherous men.

Her priests profane the sanctuary;

they do violence to instruction.i

5 The righteous Lord is in her;j

he does no wrong.k

He applies his justice morning by morning;

he does not fail at dawn,

yet the one who does wrong knows no shame.l

6 I have cut off nations;

their corner towersm are destroyed.

I have laid waste their streets,

with no one to pass through.

Their cities lie devastated,

without a person, without an inhabitant.n

7 I said: You will certainly fear me

and accept correction.

Then her dwelling placeE

would not be cut off

based on all that I had allocated to her.

However, they became more corrupt

in all their actions.