24. Because of this, the Lord GOD All-Powerful, the Mighty One of Israel, says, “Look, I will get relief from my enemies. You will not cause me any more trouble.
25. People use lye to clean silver. In the same way, I will clean away all your wrongs. I will remove all the impurities from you.
26. I will bring back the kind of judges you had in the beginning. Your counselors will be like those you had long ago. Then you will be called ‘The Good and Faithful City.’”
27. God is good and does what is right, so he will rescue Zion and the people who come back to him.
28. But all the criminals and sinners will be destroyed. Those who stopped following the Lord will be removed.
29. In the future, you will be ashamed of the oak trees and special gardens you chose to worship,
30. because you will be like an oak tree whose leaves are dying. You will be like a garden dying without water.
31. Powerful people will be like small, dry pieces of wood, and what they did will be like the sparks that start a fire. These people and their works will both burn up, and no one will be able to put out that fire.