Zephaniah 3:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴ Its prophets are arrogant;
    they are treacherous men.
Its priests have profaned what is holy
    and done violence to the law.
⁵ The Lord within this city is just;
    he does no wrong.
Morning after morning he renders judgment
    unfailingly at dawn.
⁶ I have cut off nations;
    their strongholds lie in ruins.
I have laid waste their streets
    so that no one walks along them.
Their cities have been laid waste,
    and now they are deserted,
    without inhabitants.