25. I will turn my hand against youand will smelt away your dross as with lyeand remove all your alloy.
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.”
27. Zion shall be redeemed by justice,and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
28. But rebels and sinners shall be broken together,and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
29. For they shall be ashamed of the oaksthat you desired;and you shall blush for the gardensthat you have chosen.
30. For you shall be like an oakwhose leaf withers,and like a garden without water.
31. And the strong shall become tinder,and his work a spark,and both of them shall burn together,with none to quench them.