Isaiah 1:24–31

²⁴So the Lord God All-Powerful,

the Mighty One of Israel, says:

“You, my enemies, will not cause me any more trouble.

I will pay you back for what you did.

²⁵I will turn against you

and clean away all your wrongs as if with soap;

I will take all the worthless things out of you.

²⁶I will bring back judges as you had long ago;

your counselors will be like those you had in the beginning.

Then you will be called the City That Is Right with God,

the Loyal City.”

²⁷By doing what is fair,

Jerusalem will be free again.

By doing what is right,

her people who come back to the Lord will have freedom.

²⁸But sinners and those who turn against him will be destroyed;

those who have left the Lord will die.

²⁹“You will be ashamed,

because you have worshiped gods under the oak trees.

You will be disgraced,

because you have worshiped idols in your gardens.

³⁰You will be like an oak whose leaves are dying

or like a garden without water.

³¹Powerful people will be like small, dry pieces of wood,

and their works will be like sparks.

They will burn together,

and no one will be able to put out that fire.”