1 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
2 She has not listened to the Voice!
3 Her leaders in the midst of her are roaring lions.
Her judges are wolves at evening.
They leave not a bone to gnaw on for the morning.
her priests have profaned the holy place;
they have done violence to the law.
5 Yahweh, who resides in the midst of her, is righteous.
Morning by morning he brings his justice to light;
But an unjust person knows no shame.
their corner towers are in ruins.
I have made their streets waste,
so that there is no person; they are without an inhabitant.
7 I said, ‘Surely you will fear me;
you will accept correction, so that her dwelling place
will not be completely cut off
because of all that I have visited upon her.’
and corrupted all that they did.
“wait for the Day that I rise up to testify,
for my decision is to gather the nations,
to pour on them my indignation,
for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth will be devoured.
9 For then I will change the speech to a pure language,
to serve him shoulder to shoulder.
10 From beyond the rivers of Cush,
my worshipers, even the daughter of my scattered people,
11 In that day you will not be put to shame
in which you have transgressed against me.
For then I will remove from your midst
your people who rejoice in their pride,
and you will not be haughty any more
and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.
13 The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity,
for they will feed and lie down,
and no one will make them afraid.”
Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,
15 Yahweh has taken away the judgments against you.
He has turned back your enemy.
The King of Israel, Yahweh, is in your midst.
You will not be afraid of evil any more.
16 In that day, it will be said to Jerusalem,
Do not let your hands fall limp.
17 Yahweh your God is in your midst,
He will rejoice over you with joy.
He will calm you with his love.
He will rejoice over you with singing.
18 I will gather together those who grieve
I will deal with all those who afflict you,
and I will rescue those who are lame,
and gather those who were scattered.
And I will change their shame into praise and a name in all the earth.
20 At that time I will bring you in,
even at the time when I gather you together,
indeed, I will make you to be a name and a praise
among all the peoples of the earth
when I restore your fortunes before your eyes,”
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