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Jerusalem
3:1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the
oppressing city!
3:2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction;
she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
3:3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges
are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
3:4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her
priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence
to the law.
3:5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do
iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light,
he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
Jerusalem Remains
Unrepentant
3:6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate;
I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their
cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is
none inhabitant.
3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive
instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off,
howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and
corrupted all their doings.
3:8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the
day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to
gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to
pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger:
for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my
jealousy.
Restoration of Israel’s
Remnant
3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language,
that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve
him with one consent.
3:10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even
the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
3:11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy
doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then
I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice
in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of
my holy mountain.
3:12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted
and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the
LORD.
3:13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak
lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their
mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make
them afraid.
3:14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and
rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
3:15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast
out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in
the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
3:16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou
not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he
will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest
in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
3:18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn
assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a
burden.
3:19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict
thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that
was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every
land where they have been put to shame.
3:20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time
that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise
among all people of the earth, when I turn back your
captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD. |
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