Dan 9:7-16, Mic 3:9-12, Zep 3:1-8 | ESV | STEP | To you, O Lord , belongs righteousness , but to us open shame , as at this day , to the men of Judah , to the inhabitants of Jerusalem , and to all Israel , those who are near and those who are far away , in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you.

7 To you, ^aO Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, ^bthose who are near and ^cthose who are far away, in ^dall the lands to which you have driven them, because of ^ethe treachery that they have committed against you. 8 To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because ^fwe have sinned against you. 9 ^gTo the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 ^hand have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by ⁱhis servants the prophets. 11 ^jAll Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, ^krefusing to obey your voice. ^lAnd the curse and oath ^mthat are written in the Law of ⁿMoses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because ^owe have sinned against him. 12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against ^pour rulers who ruled us, ^{▼▼Or our judges who judged us} by ^rbringing upon us a great calamity. ^sFor under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 13 ^tAs it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, ^uturning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth. 14 ^vTherefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, ^wfor the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and ^xwe have not obeyed his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt ^ywith a mighty hand, and ^zhave made a name for yourself, as at this day, ^aawe have sinned, we have done wickedly.

16 “O Lord, ^abaccording to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, ^acyour holy hill, ^adbecause for our sins, and for ^aethe iniquities of our fathers, ^afJerusalem and your people have become ^aga byword among all who are around us.

Micah 3:9-12

9 ^ahHear this, you heads of the house of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel,
^aiwho detest justice
and make crooked all that is straight,
10 ^ajwho build Zion with blood
and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 ^akIts heads give judgment for a bribe;
^alits priests teach for a price;
^amits prophets practice divination for money;
^anyet they lean on the Lord and ^aosay,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
^apNo disaster shall come upon us.”
12 Therefore because of you
^aqZion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem ^arshall become a heap of ruins,
and ^asthe mountain of the house ^ata wooded height.

Zephaniah 3:1-8

Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations

1 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
^authe oppressing city!
2 She listens to no voice;
^avshe accepts no correction.
^awShe does not trust in the Lord;
she does not draw near to her God.
3 ^axHer officials within her
are roaring lions;
her judges are ^ayevening wolves
that leave nothing till the morning.
4 ^azHer prophets are fickle, treacherous men;
^baher priests ^bbprofane what is holy;
they do violence to the law.
5 The Lord within her ^bcis righteous;
he does no injustice;
every morning he shows forth his justice;
each dawn he does not fail;
but ^bdthe unjust knows no shame.
6 ^be“I have cut off nations;
their battlements are in ruins;
I have laid waste their streets
^bfso that no one walks in them;
their cities have been made desolate,
without a man, without an inhabitant.
7 ^bgI said, ‘Surely you will fear me;
^bhyou will accept correction.
Then your ^{▼▼Hebrew her} dwelling would not be cut off
according to all that I have appointed against you.’ ^{▼▼Hebrew her}
But ^bkall the more they were eager
to make all their deeds corrupt.
8 “Therefore ^blwait for me,” declares the Lord,
“for the day when I rise up to seize the prey.
For my decision is ^bmto gather nations,
to assemble kingdoms,
to pour out upon them my indignation,
all my burning anger;
for in the fire of my jealousy
^bnall the earth shall be consumed.