Zephaniah 3:1-5

New Living Translation

3 What sorrow awaits rebellious, polluted Jerusalem,
    the city of violence and crime!
² No one can tell it anything;
    it refuses all correction.
It does not trust in the Lord
    or draw near to its God.
³ Its leaders are like roaring lions
    hunting for their victims.
Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time,
    who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.
⁴ Its prophets are arrogant liars seeking their own gain.
    Its priests defile the Temple by disobeying God’s instructions.
⁵ But the Lord is still there in the city,
    and he does no wrong.
Day by day he hands down justice,
    and he does not fail.
    But the wicked know no shame.