1 The filthy, stained city is as good as dead;the city filled with oppressors is finished!
2 She is disobedient;she refuses correction.She does not trust the Lord;she does not seek the advice of her God.
3 Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions;her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert,who completely devour their prey by morning.
4 Her prophets are proud;they are deceitful men.Her priests defile what is holy;they break God’s laws.
5 The just Lord resides within her;he commits no unjust acts.Every morning he reveals his justice.At dawn he appears without fail.Yet the unjust know no shame.
6 “I destroyed nations;their walled cities are in ruins.I turned their streets into ruins;no one passes through them.Their cities are desolate;no one lives there.