1. Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!
2. She didn’t obey the voice. She didn’t receive correction. She didn’t trust in the Lord. She didn’t draw near to her God.
3. Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.
4. Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.
5. The Lord, within her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn’t fail, but the unjust know no shame.
6. I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.
7. I said, “Just fear me. Receive correction, so that her dwelling won’t be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her.” But they rose early and corrupted all their doings.