2 She has not obeyed; she has not accepted discipline. She has not trusted in Yahweh;she has not drawn near to her God.
3 The princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for the morning.
4 Her prophets are reckless —treacherous men.Her priests profane the sanctuary;they do violence to instruction.
5 The righteous Lord is in her; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning;He does not fail at dawn,yet the one who does wrong knows no shame.
6 I have cut off nations;their corner towers are destroyed.I have laid waste their streets,with no one to pass through.Their cities lie devastated,without a person, without an inhabitant.
7 I thought: You will certainly fear Meand accept correction.Then her dwelling place would not be cut offbased on all that I had allocated to her.However, they became more corruptin all their actions.
8 Therefore, wait for Me —this is the Lord’s declaration —until the day I rise up for plunder. For My decision is to gather nations,to assemble kingdoms,in order to pour out My indignation on them,all My burning anger;for the whole earth will be consumedby the fire of My jealousy.