Isaiah 1:21-31
The Corruption of Zion

21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

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22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

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23 Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

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24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

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25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

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26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

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27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

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28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners [shall be] together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

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29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

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30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

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31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench [them].

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