Zephaniah 3:6-8

New Catholic Bible

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.
⁷ I thought, “Surely you will now fear me
    and be willing to accept correction.
You will not fail to realize
    how I have inflicted punishments on you.”
However, they only seemed more eager
    to make all their deeds corrupt.
⁸ Therefore, wait for me, says the Lord;
    wait for the day when I stand up to accuse you.
For I am determined to gather nations
    and assemble kingdoms
in order to pour forth my wrath upon them,
    all the heat of my anger.
The entire earth will be consumed
    by the fire of my jealousy.