3 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
    the oppressing city!
² She listens to no voice;
    she accepts no correction.
She does not trust in the Lord;
    she does not draw near to her God.

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

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

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

— Zephaniah 3:1-8, English Standard Version

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