17. Learn to do good. Seek judgment, support the oppressed, judge for the orphan, defend the widow.
18. And then approach and accuse me, says the Lord. Then, if your sins are like scarlet, they shall be made white like snow; and if they are red like vermillion, they shall become white like wool.
19. If you are willing, and you listen to me, then you will eat the good things of the land.
20. But if you are not willing, and you provoke me to anger, then the sword will devour you. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
21. How has the faithful city, full of judgment, become a harlot? Justice lived in her, but now murderers.
22. Your silver has turned into dross. Your wine has been mixed with water.
23. Your leaders are unfaithful, the associates of thieves. They all love gifts; they pursue rewards. They do not judge for orphans, and the widow's case is not brought before them.
24. Because of this, the Lord God of hosts, the Strength of Israel, says: Ah! I will be consoled over my enemies, and I will be vindicated from my adversaries.
25. And I will turn my hand to you. And I will temper your dross unto purity, and I will take away all your tin.
26. And I will restore your judges, so that they will be as before, and your counselors as in times long past. After this, you shall be called the City of the Just, the Faithful City.
27. Zion will be redeemed in judgment, and they will lead her back to justice.
28. And he shall crush the accursed and sinners together. And those who have abandoned the Lord will be consumed.
29. For they shall be confounded because of the idols, to which they have sacrificed. And you shall be ashamed over the gardens that you chose,
30. when you were like an oak with falling leaves, and like a garden without water.
31. And your strength will be like the embers from stubble, and your work will be like a spark, and both will burn together, and there will be no one to extinguish it.