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1 Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!
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Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
2 She didn't obey the voice. She didn't receive correction. She didn't trust in Yahweh. She didn't draw near to her God.
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She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the LORD, she does not draw near to her God.
3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.
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Her officials within her are roaring lions; her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning.
4 Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.
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Her prophets are unprincipled; they are treacherous people. Her priests profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law.
5 Yahweh, in the midst of her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn't fail, but the unjust know no shame.
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The LORD within her is righteous; he does no wrong. Morning by morning he dispenses his justice, and every new day he does not fail, yet the unrighteous know no shame.
6 I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.
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“I have destroyed nations; their strongholds are demolished. I have left their streets deserted, with no one passing through. Their cities are laid waste; they are deserted and empty.
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