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[1]OH, the famous city, the saved city; the city of Jonah!
[2]She obeyed not the voice; she received not discipline; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
[3]Her princes within her are roaring like lions; her judges are like evening wolves; they wait not for the morning.
[4]Her prophets are wanton and treacherous persons; her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
[5]But the just LORD is in her midst; he will not do iniquity; every morning he brings his justice to light, he is never late; but the wicked knows no shame.
[6]I have destroyed the nations and removed the misery; I have made their streets waste, so that no one walks in them; their cities are desolate, without a man and without the inhabitants.
[7]I said, Surely they will worship me, they will accept discipline from me; and she will not fail to see of all that I have decreed concerning her; but they hastened and corrupted all their doings
[8]Therefore wait for me, says the LORD, until the day when I rise up to give testimony; for my judgment is at hand, to gather the nations and to bring the kingdoms near, to pour out my indignation upon them, even all my fierce anger; for in the fire of my zeal shall all the earth be devoured.
[9]For then I will restore to the people a pure speech, that they may call upon the name of the LORD to serve him with one consent.
[10]From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia they shall bring me sacrifices.
[11]In that day you shall not be ashamed for all your doings wherein you have transgressed against me; for then I will remove from the midst of you the might of your pride, and you shall no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
[12]I will also leave in the midst of you an afflicted and humble people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
[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 harm them
[14]Sing, O daughter of Zion; sound a trumpet, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
[15]The LORD has taken away your judgments, he has cast out your enemies; the King of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of you; you shall not see evil any more.
[16]In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not; and to Zion, Let not your hands be weak.
[17]The LORD your God in the midst of you is a mighty Saviour; he will make you to rejoice with gladness; he will renew you with his love, he will make you joyful with a praise as in the day of a feast.
[18]I will remove from you those who spoke reproach against you.
[19]Behold, at that time I will humble all that are in the midst of you; and I will save her that has been subjugated, and gather her that was cast far off; and I will make them for fame and for praise in every land where they had been put to shame.
[20]At that time I will bring you again, and at that very time I will gather you; for I will make you a name and a praise among all the people of the earth, when I bring back your captivity in the presence of your enemies, says the LORD.
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