Isaiah 1:21-31 - Purifying Jerusalem
21 "How the faithful city has become a whore, she who used to be filled with justice! Righteousness used to reside within her, but now only murderers live there. 22 Your silver has become dross, your best wine is diluted with water. 23 Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. All of them are lovers of bribes and are runners after gifts. They don't bring justice to orphans, and the widow's case never comes up for review in their court."
24 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies, the one who is Israel's Mighty One, declares: "Now I'll get relief from his enemies and avenge myself on his foes. 25 When I turn my attention to you, I'll refine your dross as in a furnace. I'll remove all your alloy. 26 Let me restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you'll be called "The Righteous City' and "The Faithful City of Zion'.
27 "Zion will be redeemed by justice, and her repentant ones by righteousness. 28 Rebels and sinners will be broken together, and those who forsake the LORD will be consumed. 29 They'll be ashamed of the oak trees that you desired; and you'll blush because of the gardens that you have chosen. 30 You'll be like an oak whose leaf is withering, like an unwatered garden. 31 Your strong one will be like tinder, and your work a spark; both of them will burn together, with no one to quench the flames that burn them."