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3 The people who live in the city of Jerusalem have rebelled against Yahweh.
They have committed terrible sins, and this has made them unacceptable to Yahweh.
They have treated others violently.
As a result, terrible things are going to happen to them!
2 The people of Jerusalem have not paid attention to the prophets whom Yahweh has sent to correct them.
The people in Jerusalem do not believe in Yahweh, their God, and they do not worship him.
3 The leaders of the city treat its people violently,
like lions that roar as they attack their prey.
Their judges are greedy. They are like wolves that have not eaten all day and so devour an entire animal that they kill.
4 The prophets in Jerusalem say what they think people want to hear.
They do not honestly give the people messages from Yahweh.
The priests in Jerusalem do things that the law of Moses forbids.
As a result, they have made the temple there unholy.
5 But Yahweh is still in the city, and he always does what is right.
He treats people justly, day after day, without fail.
Still, wicked people are not ashamed when they do what is wrong.
6 So Yahweh says this:
“I have destroyed many nations.
I have destroyed their strong city walls and towers.
I have destroyed the streets in those cities. No one walks on them anymore.
Those cities are in ruins. All the people who used to live in them are now dead.
7 I said to myself,
‘The people of Jerusalem will certainly honor me
and allow me to correct them.
If they do that, I will not destroy their city. I will not do all the things that I said I would do to them.’
But even though the people of Jerusalem knew that I had punished other nations,
they eagerly did even more wrong things.”
8 So this is what Yahweh declares:
“You can confidently expect that an enemy army is going to conquer you and take away your possessions.
I have decided to judge all of the people groups on the earth at the same time.
I am going to punish them severely because I am very angry with them for being so wicked.
Because I am very angry that people have worshiped false gods, I am going to destroy wicked people all over the world.
9 But after that, I will make the people groups
do what is right and say what is right.
That way all of them will worship me, Yahweh.
I will be the only God whom any of them worship.
10 Enemy armies will take some of the people who worship me away to other countries.
They will take them as far away as the place where the Nile River begins.
But even from that far away,
my people will come back to Jerusalem, bringing offerings to me.
11 When I restore you, you will no longer feel shame
for disobeying me and doing many wrong things.
Many of you boasted about how great you thought you were.
But I will punish those people,
and then you will always come humbly to worship me in my temple.
12 Then the people who live in Jerusalem will be poor, but they will be humble.
They will depend on me, Yahweh, to help them.
13 Then the people of Israel who survive will not do wicked things.
They will not tell lies or say things to deceive others.
They will not be afraid that an enemy army will conquer them,
so they will be able to eat and sleep peacefully.”
14 You Israelites who live in Judah
should sing and shout loudly!
You people who live in Jerusalem should celebrate because you are feeling very happy!
15 You should celebrate because Yahweh is not going to punish you any more.
He is going to keep enemy armies far away from you!
Yahweh himself, who is the true king of you Israelites, is going to live among you.
You will never be afraid again that others will harm you.
16 At that time, prophets will say to the people who live in Jerusalem,
“You people who live on Mount Zion should not be afraid!
No, you should not become discouraged.
17 Yahweh your God lives among you!
He is mighty, and he will protect you.
He will be very happy about you.
He will not say anything harsh to you, and you will know how much he loves you.
He will sing loudly to rejoice about you.”
18 Yahweh says, “Enemy armies took some of you Judeans away from your homeland.
Those people became very sad because they could no longer gather with others to worship me.
They felt shame because of what had happened to them.
But I am going to bring them back to Judah.
19 You can be certain that I will severely punish all those who oppressed you.
When I do that, I will rescue those who had to make a long journey to go and live in other countries.
They felt shame when they had to do that.
But now I will make the people of those countries praise and honor them.
20 When I act to help you, I will gather you together and bring you back home to Israel.
Then I will cause all the people groups in the world to praise and honor you greatly.
You will be able to see that I am making you rich again.”
This is what Yahweh has promised!