Woe to ||†her that is filthy and polluted, to athe oppressing city! 2 She bobeyed not the voice; she creceived not ||correction; She dtrusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God. 3 efHer princes within her are groaring lions; fHer judges are hevening ewolves; They gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 4 ijHer prophets are klight and treacherous persons: iHer priests lhave polluted the sanctuary, lthey have done violence to the law. 5 mThe just Lord nis in the midst thereof; ohe will not do iniquity: †Every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he pfaileth not; But qthe unjust knoweth no shame. 6 I have cut off the qqnations: their ||rtowers are desolate; I made their streets waste, rrthat none passeth by: Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, sthat there is none inhabitant. 7 tI said, Surely thou wilt fear me, cthou wilt receive instruction; uSo their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: But vthey rose early, and wcorrupted all their doings.

8 Therefore xwait ye upon me, saith the Lord, Until the day that I rise up to ythe prey: For my determination is zto gather the nations, zThat I may assemble the kingdoms, To pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: For aall the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.