Isaiah 1:24–31

²⁴Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,

the Mighty One of Israel, says,

“I will take revenge on my enemies

and pay back my foes!

²⁵I will raise my fist against you.

I will melt you down and skim off your slag.

I will remove all your impurities.

²⁶Then I will give you good judges again

and wise counselors like you used to have.

Then Jerusalem will again be called the Home of Justice

and the Faithful City.”

²⁷Zion will be restored by justice;

those who repent will be revived by righteousness.

²⁸But rebels and sinners will be completely destroyed,

and those who desert the Lord will be consumed.

²⁹You will be ashamed of your idol worship

in groves of sacred oaks.

You will blush because you worshiped

in gardens dedicated to idols.

³⁰You will be like a great tree with withered leaves,

like a garden without water.

³¹The strongest among you will disappear like straw;

their evil deeds will be the spark that sets it on fire.

They and their evil works will burn up together,

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