Jerusalem is Corrupt

3:1 The filthy,1 stained city is as good as dead;

the city filled with oppressors is finished!2

3:2 She is disobedient;3

she refuses correction.4

She does not trust the Lord;

she does not seek the advice of5 her God.

3:3 Her princes6 are as fierce as roaring lions;7

her rulers8 are as hungry as wolves in the desert,9

who completely devour their prey by morning.10

3:4 Her prophets are proud;11

they are deceitful men.

Her priests defile what is holy;12

they break God’s laws.13

3:5 The just Lord resides14 within her;

he commits no unjust acts.15

Every morning he reveals16 his justice.

At dawn he appears without fail.17

Yet the unjust know no shame.