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22 Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water. 23 Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves; every one of them loves a bribe and runs after rewards; they plead not the cause of the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come before them. 24 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I will avenge myself of my adversaries, I will take vengeance upon my enemies; 25 And I will turn my hand against you, and purge away your rebellious men, and remove all your iniquities; 26 And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counsellors as at the beginning; afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city. 27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her captivity with righteousness. 28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and those who have forsaken the LORD shill perish. 29 For they shall be ashamed of the idols which they have desired, and they shall be confounded by the witchcraft which they have chosen. 30 For they shall be like an oak whose leaves have fallen, and like a garden that has no water. 31 And their strength shall be like cotton, and their works like a spark, and they shall both burn together, and there shall be none to quench them. Isaiah 1:22-31, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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