rsv Zephaniah:3:1-7
rsv@Zephaniah:3:1 @ Woe to her that is rebellious and defiled, the oppressing city!
rsv@Zephaniah:3:2 @ She listens to no voice, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the LORD, she does not draw near to her God.
rsv@Zephaniah:3:3 @ Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.
rsv@Zephaniah:3:4 @ Her prophets are wanton, faithless men; her priests profane what is sacred, they do violence to the law.
rsv@Zephaniah:3:5 @ The LORD within her is righteous, he does no wrong; every morning he shows forth his justice, each dawn he does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame.
rsv@Zephaniah:3:6 @ "I have cut off nations; their battlements are in ruins; I have laid waste their streets so that none walks in them; their cities have been made desolate, without a man, without an inhabitant.
rsv@Zephaniah:3:7 @ I said, `Surely she will fear me, she will accept correction; she will not lose sight of all that I have enjoined upon her.' But all the more they were eager to make all their deeds corrupt."