25. I will raise my fist against you.I will melt you down and skim off your slag.I will remove all your impurities.
26. Then I will give you good judges againand wise counselors like you used to have.Then Jerusalem will again be called the Home of Justiceand the Faithful City.”
27. Zion will be restored by justice;those who repent will be revived by righteousness.
28. But rebels and sinners will be completely destroyed,and those who desert the lord will be consumed.
29. You will be ashamed of your idol worshipin groves of sacred oaks.You will blush because you worshipedin gardens dedicated to idols.
30. You will be like a great tree with withered leaves,like a garden without water.
31. The strongest among you will disappear like straw;their evil deeds will be the spark that sets it on fire.They and their evil works will burn up together,and no one will be able to put out the fire.