| 3:1 |
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the
oppressing city!
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| 3:2 |
She obeyed not the voice; she received not
correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not
near to her God.
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| 3:3 |
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges
are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the
morrow.
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| 3:4 |
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her
priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done
violence to the law.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 3:10 |
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants,
even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine
offering.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 3:14 |
Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad
and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
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| 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.
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| 3:16 |
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou
not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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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