2 It listens to no voice,accepts no correction;In the Lord it has not trusted,nor drawn near to its God.
3 Its officials within itare roaring lions;Its judges are desert wolvesthat have no bones to gnaw by morning.
4 Its prophets are reckless,treacherous people;Its priests profane what is holy,and do violence to the law.
5 But the Lord in its midst is just,doing no wrong;Morning after morning rendering judgmentunfailingly, at dawn;the wicked, however, know no shame.
6 I have cut down nations,their battlements are laid waste;I have made their streets deserted,with no one passing through;Their cities are devastated,with no one dwelling in them.
7 I said, “Surely now you will fear me,you will accept correction;They cannot fail to seeall I have brought upon them.”Yet the more eagerly they have doneall their corrupt deeds.
8 Therefore, wait for me—oracle of the Lord—until the day when I arise as accuser;For it is my decision to gather nations,to assemble kingdoms,In order to pour out upon them my wrath,all my blazing anger;For in the fire of my passionall the earth will be consumed.