3 Woe to her who is ^(A)rebellious and ^(B)defiled,
The oppressive ^(C)city!
² She ^(D)did not listen to any voice;
She ^(E)did not receive discipline.
She did not ^(F)trust in Yahweh;
She did not ^(G)draw near to her God.
³ Her ^(H)princes in her midst are roaring lions;
Her judges are ^(I)wolves at evening;
They leave nothing to gnaw for the morning.
⁴ Her prophets are ^(J)reckless, treacherous men;
Her ^(K)priests have profaned the sanctuary.
They have done violence to the law.
⁵ Yahweh is ^(L)righteous ^(M)in her midst;
He will ^(N)do no injustice.
^(O)Every morning He brings His justice to light;
^[a]He does not fail.
But the unjust ^(P)knows no shame.
⁶ “I have cut off nations;
Their corner towers are desolate.
I have made their streets ^(Q)a waste,
With no one passing by;
Their ^(R)cities are laid waste,
Without a man, ^(S)without an inhabitant.
⁷ I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me,
^(T)Receive discipline.’
So her abode will ^(U)not be cut off
According to all that I have appointed concerning her.
But they were eager to ^(V)corrupt all their deeds.

⁸ “Therefore ^(W)wait for Me,” declares Yahweh,
“For the day when I rise up as a witness.
Indeed, My judgment is to ^(X)assemble nations,
To gather kingdoms,
To pour out on them My indignation,
All My burning anger;
For ^(Y)all the earth will be devoured
By the fire of My zeal.
⁹ For then I will change them to peoples with ^(Z)purified lips,
That all of them may ^(AA)call on the name of Yahweh,
To serve Him ^[b]shoulder to shoulder.
¹⁰ From beyond the rivers of ^[c](AB)Ethiopia
My ^[d]worshipers, ^[e]My scattered ones,
Will ^(AC)bring My offerings.
¹¹ In that day you will ^(AD)feel no shame
Because of all your deeds
By which you have transgressed against Me;
For then I will remove from your midst
Your ^(AE)proud, exulting ones,
And you will never again be haughty
On My ^(AF)holy mountain.
¹² But I will cause to remain in your midst
A ^[f](AG)lowly and poor people,
And they will ^(AH)take refuge in the name of Yahweh.
¹³ The ^(AI)remnant of Israel will ^(AJ)do no injustice
And ^(AK)not speak falsehood,
Nor will a deceitful tongue
Be found in their mouths;
For they will ^(AL)feed and lie down
With no one to make them tremble.”

¹⁴ Sing for joy, O daughter of Zion!
^(AM)Make a loud shout, O Israel!
Be glad and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
¹⁵ Yahweh has taken away ^(AN)His judgments against you;
He has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, Yahweh, is ^(AO)in your midst;
You will ^(AP)fear evil no more.
^16 (AQ)In that day it will be said to Jerusalem:
“^(AR)Do not fear, O Zion;
^(AS)Do not let your hands fall limp.
¹⁷ Yahweh your God is ^(AT)in your midst,
A ^(AU)mighty one who will save.
He will ^(AV)be joyful over you with gladness;
He will ^[g]be quiet in His love;
He will rejoice over you with joyful singing.
¹⁸ I will assemble those who ^(AW)grieve about the appointed feasts—
They were from you, O Zion;
The reproach of exile is a burden on ^[h]them.
¹⁹ Behold, I am going to deal at that time
With all those who ^(AX)afflict you,
And I will save the ^(AY)lame
And gather the banished,
And I will turn them—in their ^(AZ)shame—into ^(BA)praise and a name
In all the earth.
²⁰ At that time I will ^(BB)bring you in,
Even at the time when I gather you together;
Indeed, I will give you to be a ^(BC)name and praise
Among all the peoples of the earth,
When I ^(BD)restore your fortunes before your eyes,”
Says Yahweh.