Isaiah 1:25-31

²⁵I will turn my hand against you, refine away your dross as with lye, and take away all your dross.

²⁶I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning; after that you will be called the city of righteousness, a faithful town.”

²⁷Zion will be redeemed by justice, and her repentant ones by righteousness.

²⁸Rebels and sinners will be crushed together, and those who abandon Yahweh will be done away with.

²⁹“For you will be ashamed of the sacred oak trees that you desired, and you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.

³⁰For you will be like an oak whose leaf fades, and like a garden that has no water.

³¹The strong man will be like tinder, and his work like a spark; they will both burn together, and no one will quench them.”