1. Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled, the oppressing city!
2. She did not obey the voice, she did not accept instruction, she did not trust in יהוה, she did not draw near to her Elohim.
3. Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions, her judges are evening wolves, they shall leave no bone until morning.
4. Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men. Her priests have profaned the set-apart place, they have done violence to the Torah.
5. יהוה is righteous in her midst, He does no unrighteousness. Morning by morning He brings His right-ruling to light, it has not been lacking, yet the unrighteous one knows no shame.
6. “I have cut off nations, their corner towers are in ruins. I have made their streets deserted, with no one passing by. Their cities are destroyed, without man, without inhabitant.
7. “I have said, ‘Only fear Me, accept instruction.’ And her dwelling would not be cut off, all that I have appointed for her. But they rose up early, they corrupted all their deeds.
8. “Therefore wait for Me,” declares יהוה, “until the day I rise up for plunder. For My judgment is to gather nations, to assemble reigns, to pour out on them My rage, all my burning wrath. For by the fire of My jealousy all the earth shall be consumed.
9. “For then I shall turn unto the peoples a clean lip, so that they all call on the Name of יהוה, to serve Him with one shoulder.