25. I will punish you terriblyand burn away everythingthat makes you unfitto worship me.
26. Jerusalem, I will choosejudges and adviserslike those you had before.Your new name will be“Justice and Faithfulness”.
27. Jerusalem, you will be savedby showing justice;Zion's people who turn to mewill be savedby doing right.
28. But those rebellious sinnerswho turn against me, the Lord,will all disappear.
29. You will be made ashamedof those groves of treeswhere you worshipped idols.
30. You will be like a grove of treesdying in a drought.
31. Your strongest leaderswill be like dry woodset on fire by their idols.No one will be able to help,as they all go up in flames.