¹⁹ If you are willing and obedient,^(A)
    you will eat the good things of the land;^(B)
20 but if you resist and rebel,^(C)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”^(D)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.^(E)

²¹ See how the faithful city
    has become a prostitute!^(F)
She once was full of justice;
    righteousness^(G) used to dwell in her—
    but now murderers!^(H)
22 Your silver has become dross,^(I)
    your choice wine is diluted with water.
²³ Your rulers are rebels,^(J)
    partners with thieves;^(K)
they all love bribes^(L)
    and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
    the widow’s case does not come before them.^(M)

²⁴ Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    the Mighty One^(N) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
    and avenge^(O) myself on my enemies.^(P)
25 I will turn my hand against you;^[a](Q)
    I will thoroughly purge^(R) away your dross^(S)
    and remove all your impurities.^(T)
26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,^(U)
    your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called^(V)
    the City of Righteousness,^(W)
    the Faithful City.^(X)”

²⁷ Zion will be delivered with justice,
    her penitent^(Y) ones with righteousness.^(Z)
28 But rebels and sinners^(AA) will both be broken,
    and those who forsake^(AB) the Lord will perish.^(AC)

²⁹ “You will be ashamed^(AD) because of the sacred oaks^(AE)
    in which you have delighted;
you will be disgraced because of the gardens^(AF)
    that you have chosen.
³⁰ You will be like an oak with fading leaves,^(AG)
    like a garden without water.
³¹ The mighty man will become tinder
    and his work a spark;
both will burn together,
    with no one to quench the fire.^(AH)”