2 She has not obeyed His voice,She has not received correction;She has not trusted in the Lord,She has not drawn near to her God.
3 Her princes in her midst are roaring lions;Her judges are evening wolvesThat leave not a bone till morning.
4 Her prophets are insolent, treacherous people;Her priests have polluted the sanctuary,They have done violence to the law.
5 The Lord is righteous in her midst,He will do no unrighteousness.Every morning He brings His justice to light;He never fails,But the unjust knows no shame.
6 “I have cut off nations,Their fortresses are devastated;I have made their streets desolate,With none passing by.Their cities are destroyed;There is no one, no inhabitant.
7 I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me,You will receive instruction’—So that her dwelling would not be cut off,Despite everything for which I punished her.But they rose early and corrupted all their deeds.
8 “Therefore wait for Me,” says the Lord,“Until the day I rise up for plunder;My determination is to gather the nationsTo My assembly of kingdoms,To pour on them My indignation,All My fierce anger;All the earth shall be devouredWith the fire of My jealousy.