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Isaiah - ch 1 v 21 - 31
- The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.
- Your silver is no longer true metal, your wine is mixed with water.
- Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.
- For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;
- And my hand will again be on you, washing away what is unclean as with soap, and taking away all your false metal;
- And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.
- Upright acts will be the price of Zion's forgiveness, and by righteousness will men be living there.
- But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.
- For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.
- For you will be like a tree whose leaves have become dry, and like a garden without water.
- And the strong will be as food for the fire, and his work as a flame; and they will be burned together, with no one to put out the fire.
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