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| 3:1 |
Woe to her that is rebellious and defiled, the oppressing city!
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| 3:2 |
She listens to no voice, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the LORD, she does not draw near to her God.
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| 3:3 |
Her officials within her are roaring lions;her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.
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| 3:4 |
Her prophets are wanton, faithless men;her priests profane what is sacred, they do violence to the law.
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| 3:5 |
The LORD within her is righteous, he does no wrong;every morning he shows forth his justice, each dawn he does not fail;but the unjust knows no shame.
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| 3:6 |
'I have cut off nations;their battlements are in ruins;I have laid waste their streets so that none walks in them;their cities have been made desolate, without a man, without an inhabitant.
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| 3:7 |
I said, Surely she will fear me, she will accept correction;she will not lose sight of all that I have enjoined upon her.' But all the more they were eager to make all their deeds corrupt.'
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| 3:8 |
'Therefore wait for me,' says the LORD, 'for the day when I arise as a witness. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all the heat of my anger;for in the fire of my jealous wrath all the earth shall be consumed.
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| 3:9 |
'Yea, at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.
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| 3:10 |
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering.
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| 3:11 |
'On that day you shall not be put to shame because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain.
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| 3:12 |
For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD,
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| 3:13 |
those who are left in Israel;they shall do no wrong and utter no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue. For they shall pasture and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.'
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| 3:14 |
Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion;shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!
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| 3:15 |
The LORD has taken away the judgments against you, he has cast out your enemies. The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst;you shall fear evil no more.
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| 3:16 |
On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: 'Do not fear, O Zion;let not your hands grow weak.
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| 3:17 |
The LORD, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory;he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love;he will exult over you with loud singing
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| 3:18 |
as on a day of festival. 'I will remove disaster from you, so that you will not bear reproach for it.
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| 3:19 |
Behold, at that time I will deal with all your oppressors. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth.
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| 3:20 |
At that time I will bring you home, at the time when I gather you together;yea, I will make you renowned and praised among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes,' says the LORD.
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