Isaiah 1:27-31

New International Reader's Version

²⁷ Zion will be saved when justice is done.
    Those who are sorry for their sins will be saved
    when what is right is done.
²⁸ But sinners and those who refuse to obey the Lord will be destroyed.
    And those who desert the Lord will die.

²⁹ “Israel, you take delight in worshiping among the sacred oak trees.
    You will be full of shame for doing that.
You have chosen to worship in the sacred gardens.
    You will be dishonored for doing that.
³⁰ You will be like an oak tree whose leaves are dying.
    You will be like a garden that doesn’t have any water.
³¹ Your strongest men will become like dry pieces of wood.
    Their worship of other gods will be the spark that lights the fire.
Everything will be burned up.
    No one will be there to put the fire out.”