Isaiah 1:24–31

²⁴That’s why the Lord, the Lord of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says, 

“How horrible it will be when I take revenge on my opponents! 

I will avenge myself against my enemies. 

²⁵I will turn my power against you. 

I will remove your impurities with bleach. 

I will get rid of all your impurities. 

²⁶I will give you judges like you had long ago, 

advisers like you had in the beginning. 

After that you will be called the Righteous City, 

the Faithful Town.” 

²⁷Zion will be pardoned by ⸤the Lord’s⸥ justice, 

and those who return will be pardoned 

by ⸤the Lord’s⸥ righteousness. 

²⁸Rebels and sinners will be crushed at the same time, 

and those who abandon the Lord will come to an end. 

²⁹You will be ashamed of the oaks that you wanted to worship 

and embarrassed by the garden that you have chosen for your gods. 

³⁰You will be like an oak whose leaves wither 

and like a garden without water. 

³¹Strong people will become tinder for a fire, 

and their work will be the spark. 

Both of them will burn together, 

and there will be no one to put out the fire.