25. I will turn against youand clean away all your wrongs as if with soap;I will take all the worthless things out of you.
26. I will bring back judges as you had long ago;your counselors will be like those you had in the beginning.Then you will be called the City That Is Right with God,the Loyal City.”
27. By doing what is fair,Jerusalem will be free again.By doing what is right,her people who come back to the Lord will have freedom.
28. But sinners and those who turn against him will be destroyed;those who have left the Lord will die.
29. “You will be ashamed,because you have worshiped gods under the oak trees.You will be disgraced,because you have worshiped idols in your gardens.
30. You will be like an oak whose leaves are dyingor like a garden without water.
31. Powerful people will be like small, dry pieces of wood,and their works will be like sparks.They will burn together,and no one will be able to put out that fire.”