Isaiah 1:24-31

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²⁴ Therefore 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!
²⁵ I will turn my hand against you;
    I will smelt away your dross as with lye
    and remove all your alloy.
²⁶ And I will restore your judges as at the first,
    and your counsellors as at the beginning.
Afterwards you shall be called the city of righteousness,
    the faithful city.

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.
²⁹ For you shall be ashamed of the oaks
    in which you delighted;
and you shall blush for the gardens
    that you have chosen.
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^[a] like a spark;
they and their work shall burn together,
    with no one to quench them.