Zephaniah 3:1-8 - ESV Online

ZEPHANIAH 3:1-8

Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations

3:1

Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,

the oppressing city! 2

She listens to no voice;

she accepts no correction.

She does not trust in the Lord;

she does not draw near to her God.
3

Her officials within her

are roaring lions;

her judges are evening wolves

that leave nothing till the morning. 4

Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men;

her priests profane what is holy;

they do violence to the law. 5

The Lord within her is righteous;

he does no injustice;

every morning he shows forth his justice;

each dawn he does not fail;

but the unjust knows no shame.
6

“I have cut off nations;

their battlements are in ruins;

I have laid waste their streets

so that no one walks in them;

their cities have been made desolate,

without a man, without an inhabitant. 7

I said, ‘Surely you will fear me;

you will accept correction.

Then your dwelling would not be cut off

according to all that I have appointed against you.’

But all the more they were eager

to make all their deeds corrupt.
8

“Therefore wait for me,” declares the Lord,

“for the day when I rise up to seize the prey.

For my decision is to gather nations,

to assemble kingdoms,

to pour out upon them my indignation,

all my burning anger;

for in the fire of my jealousy

all the earth shall be consumed.

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