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The Unjust Knows No Shame

¹ Woe to her who is ^(C1)rebellious and ^(C2)defiled,
The oppressive ^(C3)city!

² She ^(C1)did not listen to any voice;
She ^(C2)did not receive discipline.
She did not ^(C3)trust in Yahweh;
She did not ^(C4)draw near to her God.

³ Her ^(C1)princes in her midst are roaring lions;
Her judges are ^(C2)wolves at evening;
They leave nothing to gnaw for the morning.

⁴ Her prophets are ^(C1)reckless, treacherous men;
Her ^(C2)priests have profaned the sanctuary.
They have done violence to the law.

⁵ Yahweh is ^(C1)righteous ^(C2)in her midst;
He will ^(C3)do no injustice.
^(C4)Every morning He brings His justice to light;
^(F1)He does not fail.
But the unjust ^(C5)knows no shame.

⁶ "I have cut off nations;
Their corner towers are desolate.
I have made their streets ^(C1)a waste,
With no one passing by;
Their ^(C2)cities are laid waste,
Without a man, ^(C3)without an inhabitant.

⁷ "I said, 'Surely you will fear Me,
^(C1)Receive discipline.'
So her abode will ^(C2)not be cut off
According to all that I have appointed concerning her.
But they were eager to ^(C3)corrupt all their deeds.

Yahweh Will Pour Out His Anger

⁸ "Therefore ^(C1)wait for Me," declares Yahweh,
"For the day when I rise up as a witness.
Indeed, My judgment is to ^(C2)assemble nations,
To gather kingdoms,
To pour out on them My indignation,
All My burning anger;
For ^(C3)all the earth will be devoured
By the fire of My zeal.

⁹ "For then I will change them to peoples with ^(C1)purified lips,
That all of them may ^(C2)call on the name of Yahweh,
To serve Him ^(F1)shoulder to shoulder.

¹⁰ "From beyond the rivers of ^(F1)(C1)Ethiopia
My ^(F2)worshipers, ^(F3)My scattered ones,
Will ^(C2)bring My offerings.

¹¹ "In that day you will ^(C1)feel no shame
Because of all your deeds
By which you have transgressed against Me;
For then I will remove from your midst
Your ^(C2)proud, exulting ones,
And you will never again be haughty
On My ^(C3)holy mountain.

¹² "But I will cause to remain in your midst
A ^(F1)(C1)lowly and poor people,
And they will ^(C2)take refuge in the name of Yahweh.

¹³ "The ^(C1)remnant of Israel will ^(C2)do no injustice
And ^(C3)not speak falsehood,
Nor will a deceitful tongue
Be found in their mouths;
For they will ^(C4)feed and lie down
With no one to make them tremble."

Yahweh's Joy in Restoring Israel

¹⁴ Sing for joy, O daughter of Zion!
^(C1)Make a loud shout, O Israel!
Be glad and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!

¹⁵ Yahweh has taken away ^(C1)His judgments against you;
He has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, Yahweh, is ^(C2)in your midst;
You will ^(C3)fear evil no more.

^16 (C1)In that day it will be said to Jerusalem:
"^(C2)Do not fear, O Zion;
^(C3)Do not let your hands fall limp.

¹⁷ "Yahweh your God is ^(C1)in your midst,
A ^(C2)mighty one who will save.
He will ^(C3)be joyful over you with gladness;
He will ^(F1)be quiet in His love;
He will rejoice over you with joyful singing.

¹⁸ "I will assemble those who ^(C1)grieve about the appointed feasts—
They were from you, O Zion;
The reproach of exile is a burden on ^(F1)them.

¹⁹ "Behold, I am going to deal at that time
With all those who ^(C1)afflict you,
And I will save the ^(C2)lame
And gather the banished,
And I will turn them—in their ^(C3)shame—into ^(C4)praise and a name
In all the earth.

²⁰ "At that time I will ^(C1)bring you in,
Even at the time when I gather you together;
Indeed, I will give you to be a ^(C2)name and praise
Among all the peoples of the earth,
When I ^(C3)restore your fortunes before your eyes,"
Says Yahweh.