Isaiah 1:24-31

24Therefore the Lord God of hosts, The Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be freed of My adversaries And avenge Myself on My enemies.

25And I will turn My hand against you, And will [thoroughly] purge away your dross as with lye And remove all your tin (impurity).

26Then I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning; Afterward you will be called the city of righteousness, The faithful city.”

27Zion will be redeemed with justice And her repentant ones with righteousness.

28But rebels and sinners will be crushed and destroyed together, And those who abandon (turn away from) the Lord will be consumed (perish).

29For you will be ashamed [of the degradation] of the oaks in which you took [idolatrous] pleasure, And you will be ashamed of the gardens [of passion] which you have chosen [for pagan worship].

30For you will be like an oak whose leaf withers and dies And like a garden that has no water.

31The strong man will become tinder, And his work a spark. So both will burn together And there will be none to quench them.