3 Woe to the city of oppressors,^(A)
    rebellious^(B) and defiled!^(C)
2 She obeys^(D) no one,
    she accepts no correction.^(E)
She does not trust^(F) in the Lord,
    she does not draw near^(G) to her God.
³ Her officials within her
    are roaring lions;^(H)
her rulers are evening wolves,^(I)
    who leave nothing for the morning.^(J)
4 Her prophets are unprincipled;
    they are treacherous people.^(K)
Her priests profane the sanctuary
    and do violence to the law.^(L)
5 The Lord within her is righteous;^(M)
    he does no wrong.^(N)
Morning by morning^(O) he dispenses his justice,
    and every new day he does not fail,^(P)
    yet the unrighteous know no shame.^(Q)

⁸ Therefore wait^(A) for me,”
    declares the Lord,
    “for the day I will stand up to testify.^[a]
I have decided to assemble^(B) the nations,^(C)
    to gather the kingdoms
and to pour out my wrath^(D) on them—
    all my fierce anger.^(E)
The whole world will be consumed^(F)
    by the fire of my jealous anger.

⁹ “Then I will purify the lips of the peoples,
    that all of them may call^(G) on the name of the Lord^(H)
    and serve^(I) him shoulder to shoulder.