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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to the city of oppressors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.3.1"><span class="content">rebellious and defiled!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">She obeys no one,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">she accepts no correction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">She does not trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">she does not draw near to her God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Her officials within her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">are roaring lions;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">her rulers are evening wolves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">who leave nothing for the morning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Her prophets are unprincipled;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">they are treacherous people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">Her priests profane the sanctuary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">and do violence to the law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> within her is righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">he does no wrong.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">Morning by morning he dispenses his justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">and every new day he does not fail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">yet the unrighteous know no shame.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Jerusalem Remains Unrepentant</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have destroyed nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">their strongholds are demolished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">I have left their streets deserted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">with no one passing through.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">Their cities are laid waste;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">they are deserted and empty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Of Jerusalem I thought,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">&#8216;Surely you will fear me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">and accept correction!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">Then her place of refuge</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">her sanctuary</span></span></span><span class="content"> would not be destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">nor all my punishments come upon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">all those I appointed over</span></span></span><span class="content"> her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">But they were still eager</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">to act corruptly in all they did.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Therefore wait for me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">&#8220;for the day I will stand up to testify.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:8 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">will rise up to plunder</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">I have decided to assemble the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">to gather the kingdoms</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">and to pour out my wrath on them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">all my fierce anger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">The whole world will be consumed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">by the fire of my jealous anger.</span></span></div>
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