Isaiah 1:24-31

²⁴Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ha! I will ease me of mine adversaries, And avenge me of mine enemies.

²⁵And I will again turn my hand toward thee, And wholly purge away thy dross, And take away all thy alloy.

²⁶And I will restore thee judges, as at the first, And counsellors, as at the beginning. Then shalt thou be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.

²⁷Through justice shall Zion be delivered, And her reformed sons through righteousness.

²⁸But destruction shall fall at once on the rebels and sinners; Yea, they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.

²⁹For ye shall be ashamed of the terebinths in which ye delighted; Ye shall blush for the gardens which ye loved;

³⁰And ye shall be as a terebinth-tree whose leaves are withered, And as a garden in which is no water.

³¹The strong shall become tow, And his work a spark of fire; Both shall burn together, And none shall quench them.