23 Your princes are rebelsand comrades of thieves;Each one of them loves a bribeand looks for gifts.The fatherless they do not defend,the widow’s plea does not reach them.
24 Now, therefore, says the Lord,the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel:Ah! I will take vengeance on my foesand fully repay my enemies!
25 I will turn my hand against you,and refine your dross in the furnace,removing all your alloy.
26 I will restore your judges as at first,and your counselors as in the beginning;After that you shall be calledcity of justice, faithful city.
27 Zion shall be redeemed by justice,and her repentant ones by righteousness.
28 Rebels and sinners together shall be crushed,those who desert the Lord shall be consumed.
29 You shall be ashamed of the terebinths which you desired,and blush on account of the gardens which you chose.