Zephaniah 3:5-7

Common English Bible

⁵ The Lord is righteous in her midst.
He does nothing unjust.
        Morning by morning he renders justice,
        but the unrighteous one knows no shame.
⁶ I will cut off nations;
        their towers will be destroyed;
        I will devastate their streets.
            No one will pass through.
        Their cities will be laid waste.
            There will be no person, no inhabitant left.
⁷ I said, “Surely, she will fear me;
            she will take instruction
        so that her habitation won’t be cut off^[a]
            because of everything I did to her.”
However, they rose early to corrupt their deeds.