Isaiah 1:21-26

21st Century King James Version

²¹ How the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.

²² Thy silver has become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

²³ Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards. They judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

²⁴ Therefore 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 turn My hand against thee, and wholly purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin.

²⁶ I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counselors as at the beginning. Afterward thou shalt be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”