ISV(i)
1 The LORD’s Rebuke to Jerusalem Woe to this filthy, polluted, and oppressive city!
2 It won’t obey anyone. It won’t accept discipline. It does not trust in the LORD. It does not approach God.
3 Its national officials are roaring lions; its judges are like wolves of the night that don’t leave the bones for the morning.
4 Its prophets are arrogant and treacherous. Its priests have contaminated the sanctuary. They give perverse interpretations of the Law.
5 The righteous LORD who lives within her will do no wrong; he will bring justice to light morning by morning. He never fails, but the unjust are shameless.
The Integrity of God’s Justice
6 “I have destroyed nations— their fortifications are deserted. I have turned their main thoroughfares into wastelands where no one will travel. Their cities are desolate; as a result, not one man remains— no, not even a single resident.