1. Ah! Rebellious and polluted,the tyrannical city!
2. It listens to no voice,accepts no correction;In the Lord it has not trusted,nor drawn near to its God.
3. Its officials within itare roaring lions;Its judges are desert wolvesthat have no bones to gnaw by morning.
4. Its prophets are reckless,treacherous people;Its priests profane what is holy,and do violence to the law.
5. But the Lord in its midst is just,doing no wrong;Morning after morning rendering judgmentunfailingly, at dawn;the wicked, however, know no shame.
6. I have cut down nations,their battlements are laid waste;I have made their streets deserted,with no one passing through;Their cities are devastated,with no one dwelling in them.
7. I said, “Surely now you will fear me,you will accept correction;They cannot fail to seeall I have brought upon them.”Yet the more eagerly they have doneall their corrupt deeds.