3:1 Alas the glorious and ransomed city.
3:2 The dove hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she
trusted not in the Lord, and she drew not near to her God.
3:3 Her princes within her were as roaring lions, her judges as the wolves
of Arabia; they remained not till the morrow.
3:4 Her prophets are light [and] scornful men: her priests profane the holy
things, and sinfully transgress the law.
3:5 But the just Lord is in the midst of her, and he will never do an unjust
thing: morning by morning he will bring out his judgment to the light, and
it is not hidden, and he knows not injustice by extortion, nor injustice in
strife.
3:6 I have brought down the proud with destruction; their corners are
destroyed: I will make their ways completely waste, so that none shall go
through: their cities are come to an end, by reason of no man living or
dwelling [in them].
3:7 I said, But do ye fear me, and receive instruction, and ye shall not be
cut off from the face of the land [for] all the vengeance I have brought
upon her: prepare thou, rise early: all their produce is spoilt.
3:8 Therefore wait upon me, saith the Lord, until the day when I rise up for
a witness: because my judgment [shall be] on the gatherings of the nations,
to draw to me kings, to pour out upon them all [my] fierce anger: for the
whole earth shall be consumed with the fire of my jealousy.
3:9 For then will I turn to the peoples a tongue for her generation, that
all may call on the name of the Lord, to serve him under one yoke.
3:10 From the boundaries of the rivers of Ethiopia will I receive my
dispersed ones; they shall offer sacrifices to me.
3:11 In that day thou shalt not be ashamed of all thy practices, wherein
thou hast transgressed against me: for then will I take away from thee thy
disdainful pride, and thou shalt no more magnify thyself upon my holy
mountain.
3:12 And I will leave in thee a meek and lowly people;
3:13 and the remnant of Israel shall fear the name of the Lord, and shall do
no iniquity, neither shall they speak vanity neither shall a deceitful
tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed, and lie down, and there
shall be none to terrify them.
3:14 Rejoice, O daughter of Sion; cry aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem;
rejoice and delight thyself with all thine heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
3:15 The Lord has taken away thine iniquities, he has ransomed thee from the
hand of thine enemies: the Lord, the King of Israel, is in the midst of
thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
3:16 At that time the Lord shall say to Jerusalem, Be of good courage, Sion;
let not thine hands be slack.
3:17 The Lord thy God is in thee; the Mighty One shall save thee: he shall
bring joy upon thee, and shall refresh thee with his love; and he shall
rejoice over thee with delight as in a day of feasting.
3:18 And I will gather thine afflicted ones. Alas! who has taken up a
reproach against her?
3:19 Behold, I [will] work in thee for thy sake at that time, saith the
Lord: and I will save her that was oppressed, and receive her that was
rejected; and I will make them a praise, and honoured in all the earth.
3:20 And [their enemies] shall be ashamed at that time, when I shall deal
well with you, and at the time when I shall receive you: for I will make you
honoured and a praise among all the nations of the earth, when I turn back
your captivity before you, saith the Lord. |
3:1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted,
to the oppressing city!
3:2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not
in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
3:3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves;
they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
3:4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have
polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
3:5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every
morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust
knoweth no shame.
3:6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their
streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that
there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so
their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they
rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
3:8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up
to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may
assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my
fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my
jealousy.
3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all
call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
3:10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of
my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
3:11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou
hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of
thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty
because of my holy mountain.
3:12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people,
and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
3:13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither
shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and
lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
3:14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all
the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
3:15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy:
the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not
see evil any more.
3:16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion,
Let not thine hands be slack.
3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will
rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee
with singing.
3:18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are
of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
3:19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save
her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them
praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
3:20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather
you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth,
when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD. |