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¹ Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
    ^(a)the oppressing city!
² She listens to no voice;
    ^(b)she accepts no correction.
^(c)She does not trust in the Lord;
    she does not draw near to her God.

^3 (d)Her officials within her
    are roaring lions;
her judges are ^(e)evening wolves
    that leave nothing till the morning.
^4 (f)Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men;
^(g)her priests ^(h)profane what is holy;
    they do violence to the law.
⁵ The Lord within her ⁽ⁱ⁾is righteous;
    he does no injustice;
every morning he shows forth his justice;
    each dawn he does not fail;
    but ^(j)the unjust knows no shame.

^6 (k)"I have cut off nations;
    their battlements are in ruins;
I have laid waste their streets
    ^(l)so that no one walks in them;
their cities have been made desolate,
    without a man, without an inhabitant.
^7 (m)I said, ‘Surely you will fear me;
    ⁽ⁿ⁾you will accept correction.
Then your^[a] dwelling would not be cut off
    according to all that I have appointed against you.'^[b]
But ^(o)all the more they were eager
    to make all their deeds corrupt.

⁸ "Therefore ^(p)wait for me," declares the Lord,
    "for the day when I rise up to seize the prey.
For my decision is ^(q)to gather nations,
    to assemble kingdoms,
to pour out upon them my indignation,
    all my burning anger;
for in the fire of my jealousy
    ^(r)all the earth shall be consumed.

⁹ "For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples
    to ^(s)a pure speech,
that all of them may call upon the name of the Lord
    and serve him with one accord.
^10 (t)From beyond the rivers ^(u)of Cush
    my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones,
    shall bring my offering.

^11 (v)"On that day ^(w)you shall not be put to shame
    because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;
for then ^(x)I will remove from your midst
    your proudly exultant ones,
and ^(y)you shall no longer be haughty
    in my holy mountain.
¹² But I will leave in your midst
    a people ^(z)humble and lowly.
^(aa)They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,
^{13     (ab)}those who are left in Israel;
they ^(ac)shall do no injustice
    and speak no lies,
^(ad)nor shall there be found in their mouth
    a deceitful tongue.
^(ae)For they shall graze and lie down,
    and none shall make them afraid."

^14 (af)Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion;
    shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
    O daughter of Jerusalem!
¹⁵ The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;
    he has cleared away your enemies.
^(ag)The King of Israel, ^(ah)the Lord, is in your midst;
    you shall never again fear evil.
^16 (ai)On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:
"Fear not, O Zion;
    ^(aj)let not your hands grow weak.
^17 (ak)The Lord your God is in your midst,
    ^(al)a mighty one who will save;
^(am)he will rejoice over you with gladness;
    he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
¹⁸ I will gather those of you who mourn ^(an)for the festival,
    so that you will no longer suffer reproach.^[c]
19 Behold, at that time ^(ao)I will deal
    with all your oppressors.
And ^(ap)I will save the lame
    and gather the outcast,
and I will change ^(aq)their shame into ^(ar)praise
    and renown in all the earth.
^20 (as)At that time I will bring you in,
    at the time when I gather you together;
for I will make you renowned and praised
    among all the peoples of the earth,
^(at)when I restore your fortunes
    before your eyes," says the Lord.