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Woe to her rebelling and being defiled, to the oppressing city!

She did not listen to the voice; she did not receive correction; she did not trust in Jehovah; she did not draw near to her God.

Her rulers within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw bones for the morning.

Her prophets are proud, men of deceit; her priests have profaned the sanctuary; they have done violence to the Law.

The righteous Jehovah is in her midst; He will not act perversely. Every morning He gives His justice to the light; He does not fail, but the unjust knows no shame.

I have cut off nations; their towers are ruined. I made their streets waste, so that none passes by. Their cities are laid waste, without a man, from there being not one living there.

I said, Surely you will fear Me; you will receive instruction; then her dwelling shall not be cut off, all that I appointed for her. But they rose up early; they corrupted all their doings.