1. Search every street in Jerusalem,comb the squares,look far and widefor one person,even one who acts justlyand seeks truth that I may pardon her!
2. Even when making a pledge—"As the Lord lives"—they swear falsely.
3. Lord, don’t you look for integrity?You have struck them down,but they didn’t even cringe.You have crushed them,but they have ignored your discipline.They make their faces harder than rockand refuse to return.
4. Then I thought to myself,These are the poor who don’t know better!They don’t understand the Lord’s wayor the justice of their God.