| 3:1 | Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! |
| 3:2 | She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. |
| 3:3 | Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. |
| 3:4 | Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. |
| 3:5 | The 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. |
| 3:6 | I 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. |
| 3:7 | I 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. |
| 3:8 | Therefore 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. |
| 3:9 | For 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. |
| 3:10 | From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. |
| 3:10 | 祈禱我的、就是我所分散的民〔原文作女子下同〕、必從古實河外來、給我獻供物。 |
| 3:10 | 祈祷我的，就是我所分散的民（原文作女子下同），必从古实河外来，给我献供物。 |
| psm:68:31 | Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. |
| isa:18:1 | Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: |
| isa:18:7 | In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion. |
| isa:60:4 | Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. |
| mal:1:11 | For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. |
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| 3:11 | In 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. |
| 3:12 | I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. |
| 3:13 | The 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. |
| 3:14 | Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. |
| 3:15 | The 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. |
| 3:16 | In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. |
| 3:17 | The 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. |
| 3:18 | I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. |
| 3:19 | Behold, 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. |
| 3:20 | At 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. |
