1Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! 2She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord ; she drew not near to her God. 3Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.[ † ]Ezekiel 22:27Jeremiah 5:6Habakkuk 1:8 4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.[ † ]Hosea 9:7Ezekiel 22:26Malachi 2:7-8
5The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.[ † ]Jeremiah 3:3 6I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
7I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.[ † ]Jeremiah 8:6Genesis 6:12
8Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord , 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.[ † ]Proverbs 20:22Micah 7:7Habakkuk 2:3Isaiah 66:18Ezekiel 38:14-23Joel 3:2Micah 4:12Matthew 25:32Zephaniah 1:18
9For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord , to serve him with one consent.[ † ]Isaiah 19:18Isaiah 57:19 10From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.[ † ]Psalms 68:31Isaiah 18:1Acts 8:27 11In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.[ † ]Isaiah 2:12Isaiah 5:15Matthew 3:9 12I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord .[ † ]Isaiah 14:32Zechariah 13:8-9 13The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.[ † ]Isaiah 10:20-22Micah 4:7Isaiah 60:21Zechariah 8:3-16Revelation 14:5Ezekiel 34:13-15, 28
14Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.[ † ]Isaiah 12:6 15The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord , is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.[ † ]John 1:49Ezekiel 48:35Revelation 7:15 16In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.[ † ]Isaiah 35:3-4Job 4:3Hebrews 12:12 17The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.[ † ]Zephaniah 3:5-15Deuteronomy 30:9Isaiah 62:5Isaiah 65:19Jeremiah 32:41 18I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.[ † ]Lamentations 2:6 19Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.[ † ]Ezekiel 34:16Micah 4:6-7 20At that time will I bring you again , even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord .[ † ]Isaiah 11:12Ezekiel 28:25Amos 9:14