Isaiah 1:24-31

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²⁴ Therefore says the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel:
Surely I will pour out my wrath on my enemies
    and avenge myself on my foes!^(A)
25 I will turn my hand against you;
    I will smelt away your dross as with lye
    and remove all your alloy.^(B)
26 And I will restore your judges as at the first
    and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness,
    the faithful city.^(C)

²⁷ Zion shall be redeemed by justice,
    and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
²⁸ But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together,
    and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.^(D)
29 For you shall be ashamed of the oaks
    in which you delighted,
and you shall blush for the gardens
    that you have chosen.^(E)
30 For you shall be like an oak
    whose leaf withers
    and like a garden without water.
³¹ The strong shall become like tinder
    and their work like a spark;
they and their work shall burn together,
    with no one to quench them.^(F)