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¹ Woe to her who is filthy, defiled;
woe to the tyrant city!
² She wouldn't listen to the voice,
wouldn't receive correction;
she didn't trust in Adonai,
didn't draw close to her God.
³ Her leaders there with her are roaring lions,
her judges desert wolves,
who don't leave even a bone for tomorrow.
⁴ Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men;
her cohanim profane the holy
and do violence to Torah.
⁵ Adonai, who is righteous, is there among them;
he never does anything wrong.
Every morning he renders his judgment,
every morning, without fail;
yet the wrongdoer knows no shame.

⁶ "I have cut off nations,
their battlements are ruined;
I have made their streets ruins,
no one walks in them.
Their cities are destroyed,
abandoned, unpeopled.
⁷ I said, ‘Surely now you will fear me,
you will receive correction';
so that her place will not be cut off
by all the punishments I brought on her.
But no, they only grew all the more eager
to be corrupt in all that they do.
⁸ Therefore, wait for me," says Adonai,
"for the day when I rise to witness against you,
when I decide to assemble nations,
to gather kingdoms together,
to pour on them my indignation,
all my furious anger;
for all the earth will be consumed
in the fire of my passion.
⁹ For then I will change the peoples,
so that they will have pure lips,
to call on the name of Adonai, all of them,
and serve him with one accord.
¹⁰ Even from beyond Ethiopia's rivers
they will bring those who petition me,
the daughter of my dispersed as my offering.
¹¹ When that day comes, you will not be ashamed
of everything you have done,
committing wrongs against me;
for then I will remove from among you
those of you who take joy in arrogance;
you will no longer be full of pride
on my holy mountain.
¹² I will leave among you
a poor and afflicted people,
who will find their refuge
in the name of Adonai."

¹³ The remnant of Isra'el will not do wrong,
nor will they speak lies,
nor will there be found in their mouths
a tongue given over to deceit;
for they will be able to graze and lie down,
with no one to disturb them.
¹⁴ Sing, daughter of Tziyon!
Shout, Isra'el!
Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,
daughter of Yerushalayim!
¹⁵ Adonai has removed the judgments against you,
he has expelled your enemy;
the king of Isra'el, Adonai,
is right there with you.
You no longer need to fear
that anything bad will happen.
¹⁶ On that day, it will be said
to Yerushalayim,
"Do not fear, Tziyon!
don't let your hands droop down.
¹⁷ Adonai your God is right there with you,
as a mighty savior.
He will rejoice over you and be glad,
he will be silent in his love,
he will shout over you with joy."

¹⁸ "I will gather those of yours
who grieve over the appointed feasts
and bear the burden of reproach
[because they cannot keep them].
¹⁹ When that time comes, I will deal
with all those who oppress you.
I will save her who is lame,
gather her who was driven away,
and make them whose shame spread over the earth
the object of praise and renown.
²⁰ When that time comes, I will bring you in;
when that time comes, I will gather you
and make you the object of fame and praise
among all the peoples of the earth —
when I restore your fortunes
before your very eyes," says Adonai.