1 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled, the oppressing city!
2 She did not obey the voice, she did not accept instruction, she did not trust in יהוה, she did not draw near to her Elohim.
3 Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions, her judges are evening wolves, they shall leave no bone until morning.
4 Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men. Her priests have profaned the set-apart place, they have done violence to the Torah.
5 יהוה is righteous in her midst, He does no unrighteousness. Morning by morning He brings His right-ruling to light, it has not been lacking, yet the unrighteous one knows no shame.
6 “I have cut off nations, their corner towers are in ruins. I have made their streets deserted, with no one passing by. Their cities are destroyed, without man, without inhabitant.
7 “I have said, ‘Only fear Me, accept instruction.’ And her dwelling would not be cut off, all that I have appointed for her. But they rose up early, they corrupted all their deeds.