Isaias

21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! she (that) was full of judgment, righteousness lodged in her; but now murderers:

22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine impaired with water:

23 Thy princes (are) rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one of them loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, ’doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

24 Therefore thus saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty one of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies.

25 And I will bring back mine hand upon thee, and purge away as (with) lye thy dross, and take away all thine alloy:

26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called Citadel of righteousness, faithful city.

27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

28 And (there shall be) a shattering of the rebels and of the sinners together, and they that forsake the LORD shall come to an end.

29 For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

30 For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf withereth, and as a garden that hath no water.

31 And the strong shall become as tow, and his work as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.