Zephaniah 3:1-7

New King James Version

The Wickedness of Jerusalem

3 Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted,
To the oppressing city!
²She 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^(A)Her princes in her midst are roaring lions;
Her judges are ^(B)evening wolves
That leave not a bone till morning.
⁴Her ^(C)prophets are insolent, treacherous people;
Her priests have ^[a]polluted the sanctuary,
They have done ^(D)violence to the law.
⁵The Lord is righteous in her midst,
He will do no unrighteousness.
^[b]Every morning He brings His justice to light;
He never fails,
But ^(E)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^(F)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 ^[c]they rose early and ^(G)corrupted all their deeds.