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Chapter 3 |
1 | Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to
the oppressing city! |
2 |
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not
in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. |
3 |
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves;
they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. |
4 | Her prophets are light and treacherous
persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done
violence to the law. |
5 | The just LORD is
in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he
bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no
shame. |
6 |
I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their
streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there
is no man, that there is none inhabitant. |
7 | I said, Surely
thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling
should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early,
and corrupted all their doings. |
8 | Therefore
wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the
prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble
the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce
anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. |
9 | For then will I turn to the people a pure
language, that they may all call upon the 1name of the LORD,
to serve him with one consent.
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Gen 4:26,
1st Kings 18:24,
Psa 116:17,
Joel 2:32,
John 1:12,
Acts 15:17,
1st Cor 1:2
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10 | From
beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my
dispersed, shall bring mine offering. |
11 |
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou
hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst
of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be
haughty because of my holy mountain. |
12 |
I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and
they shall trust in the name of the LORD. |
13 |
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither
shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed
and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. |
14 | Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel;
be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. |
15 |
The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the
king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil
any more. |
16 | In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem,
Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. |
17 | The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is
mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest
in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. |
18 |
I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are
of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. |
19 |
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that
halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame
in every land where they have been put to shame. |
20 |
At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you:
for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth,
when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD. |