The Unjust Knows No Shame
Woe to her who is arebellious and bdefiled,
The oppressive ccity!
2 She adid not listen to any voice;
She bdid not receive discipline.
She did not ctrust in Yahweh;
She did not ddraw near to her God.
3 Her aprinces in her midst are roaring lions;
Her judges are bwolves at evening;
They leave nothing to gnaw for the morning.
4 Her prophets are areckless, treacherous men;
Her bpriests have profaned the sanctuary.
They have done violence to the law.
5 Yahweh is arighteous bin her midst;
He will cdo no injustice.
dEvery morning He brings His justice to light;
He does not fail.
But the unjust eknows no shame.
6 “I have cut off nations;
Their corner towers are desolate.
I have made their streets aa waste,
With no one passing by;
Their bcities are laid waste,
Without a man, cwithout an inhabitant.
7 I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me,
aReceive discipline.’
So her abode will bnot be cut off
According to all that I have appointed concerning her.
But they were eager to ccorrupt all their deeds.
Yahweh Will Pour Out His Anger
8 “Therefore await for Me,” declares Yahweh,
“For the day when I rise up as a witness.
Indeed, My judgment is to bassemble nations,
To gather kingdoms,
To pour out on them My indignation,
All My burning anger;
For call the earth will be devoured
By the fire of My zeal.
9 For then I will change them to peoples with apurified lips,
That all of them may bcall on the name of Yahweh,
To serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
10 From beyond the rivers of aEthiopia
My worshipers, My scattered ones,
Will bbring My offerings.
11 In that day you will afeel no shame
Because of all your deeds
By which you have transgressed against Me;
For then I will remove from your midst
Your bproud, exulting ones,
And you will never again be haughty
On My choly mountain.
12 But I will cause to remain in your midst
A alowly and poor people,
And they will btake refuge in the name of Yahweh.
13 The aremnant of Israel will bdo no injustice
And cnot speak falsehood,
Nor will a deceitful tongue
Be found in their mouths;
For they will dfeed and lie down
With no one to make them tremble.”
Yahweh’s Joy in Restoring Israel
14 Sing for joy, O daughter of Zion!
aMake a loud shout, O Israel!
Be glad and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
15 Yahweh has taken away aHis judgments against you;
He has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, Yahweh, is bin your midst;
You will cfear evil no more.
16 aIn that day it will be said to Jerusalem:
“bDo not fear, O Zion;
cDo not let your hands fall limp.
17 Yahweh your God is ain your midst,
A bmighty one who will save.
He will cbe joyful over you with gladness;
He will be quiet in His love;
He will rejoice over you with joyful singing.
18 I will assemble those who agrieve about the appointed feasts—
They were from you, O Zion;
The reproach of exile is a burden on them.
19 Behold, I am going to deal at that time
With all those who aafflict you,
And I will save the blame
And gather the banished,
And I will turn them—in their cshame—into dpraise and a name
In all the earth.
20 At that time I will abring you in,
Even at the time when I gather you together;
Indeed, I will give you to be a bname and praise
Among all the peoples of the earth,
When I crestore your fortunes before your eyes,”
Says Yahweh.