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Isaiah - ch 1 v 21 - 31
- How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it `with' judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it -- now murderers.
- Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.
- Thy princes `are' apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.
- Therefore -- the affirmation of the Lord -- Jehovah of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I am eased of Mine adversaries, And I am avenged of Mine enemies,
- And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin,
- And I give back thy judges as at the first, And thy counsellors as in the beginning, After this thou art called, `A city of righteousness -- a faithful city.'
- Zion in judgment is redeemed, And her captivity in righteousness.
- And the destruction of transgressors and sinners `is' together, And those forsaking Jehovah are consumed.
- For `men' are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen.
- For ye are as an oak whose leaf is fading, And as a garden that hath no water.
- And the strong hath been for tow, And his work for a spark, And burned have both of them together, And there is none quenching!
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