Isaiah 1:23-25

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²³Your princes are rebels
    and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe
    and runs after gifts.
They do not defend the orphan,
    and the widow’s cause does not come before them.

²⁴Therefore says the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel:
Ah, I will pour out my wrath on my enemies,
    and avenge myself on my foes!
²⁵I will turn my hand against you;
    I will smelt away your dross as with lye
    and remove all your alloy.

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