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Her prophets are senseless men without faith: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have acted unjustly against the law.

The just Lord is in the midst thereof, he will not do iniquity: in the morning, in the morning he will bring his judgment to light, and it shall not be hid: but the wicked man hath not known shame.

I have destroyed the nations, and their towers are beaten down: I have made their ways desert, so that there is none that passeth by: their cities are desolate, there is not a man remaining, nor any inhabitant.

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Her prophets are unprincipled;
    they are treacherous people.(A)
Her priests profane the sanctuary
    and do violence to the law.(B)
The Lord within her is righteous;(C)
    he does no wrong.(D)
Morning by morning(E) he dispenses his justice,
    and every new day he does not fail,(F)
    yet the unrighteous know no shame.(G)

Jerusalem Remains Unrepentant

“I have destroyed nations;
    their strongholds are demolished.
I have left their streets deserted,
    with no one passing through.
Their cities are laid waste;(H)
    they are deserted and empty.

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