How the faithful  city has become *****!
She that was full of justice,righteousness lodged in her- but now murderers!
Your silver has become dross,
your wine is mixed with water.
Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts.
They do not defend the orphan,
and the widow's cause does not come before them.

Therefore says the Sovereign,
the Lord of hosts , the Mighty One of Israel;
Ah! I will pour out my wrath  on my enemies,
and avenge  myself  on my foes!
I will turn  my hand against you;
I will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.
And I will restore your judges as at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning .
Afterward you shall be called  the city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent , by righteousness .
But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together,
and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
For you shall be ashamed of the oaks
in which you delighted;
and  you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.
For you shall be like an oak whose leaf withers;
and like a garden without water.
The strong shall become like tinder,
and their work like a spark;
they and their work shall burn together,
with no one to quench them.