^{1 Ref} Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city!

^{2 Ref} She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God.

^{3 Ref} Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.

^{4 Ref} Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

^{5 Ref} Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

^{6 Ref} I have cut off nations; their battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.

^{7 Ref} I said, Only fear thou me; receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, `according to' all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings.

^{8 Ref} Therefore wait ye for me, saith Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.