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Chapter
3
- 3:1
- Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing
city!
- 3:2
- She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she
trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
- 3:3
- Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are
evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
- 3:4
- Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests
have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the
law.
- 3:5
- 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.
- 3:6
- 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.
- 3:7
- 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.
- 3:8
- 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.
- 3:9
- For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that
they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with
one consent.
- 3:10
- From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the
daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
- 3:11
- 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.
- 3:12
- I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor
people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
- 3:13
- 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.
- 3:14
- Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice
with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
- 3:15
- 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.
- 3:16
- In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not:
and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
- 3:17
- 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.
- 3:18
- I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly,
who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
- 3:19
- 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.
- 3:20
- 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.
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