Zephaniah 3:4-6

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⁴ Her “prophets” are liars seeking their own gain; her priests defile the Temple by their disobedience to God’s laws.

⁵ But the Lord is there within the city, and he does no wrong. Day by day his justice is more evident, but no one heeds—the wicked know no shame.

⁶ “I have cut off many nations, laying them waste to their farthest borders; I have left their streets in silent ruin and their cities deserted without a single survivor to remember what happened.