1. Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
2. She did not obey the voice; she did not receive correction; she did not trust in the Lord; she did not draw near to her God.
3. Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not leave a bone for tomorrow.
4. Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary; they have falsified the law.
5. The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: each morning he shall bring his judgment to light; he never fails; but the unjust know no shame.
6. I have caused the Gentiles to be cut off: their castles are desolate; I made their streets waste until no one passes by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man left, there is no inhabitant.
7. Saying, Surely now thou wilt fear me; thou wilt receive chastisement; so thy dwelling shall not be thrown down, all of which I visited upon her; but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
8. Therefore wait for me, said the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my judgment is to gather the Gentiles, that I may assemble the kingdoms to pour upon them my indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
9. For then I will restore to the peoples the pure language that they may all call upon the name of the Lord to serve him with one consent.
10. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring me an offering.