Zephaniah 3:5-7

New Catholic Bible

⁵ The Lord within this city is just;
    he does no wrong.
Morning after morning he renders judgment
    unfailingly at dawn.
⁶ I have cut off nations;
    their strongholds lie in ruins.
I have laid waste their streets
    so that no one walks along them.
Their cities have been laid waste,
    and now they are deserted,
    without inhabitants.
⁷ I thought, “Surely you will now fear me
    and be willing to accept correction.
You will not fail to realize
    how I have inflicted punishments on you.”
However, they only seemed more eager
    to make all their deeds corrupt.