1:23 Your officials are rebels, 1
they associate with 2 thieves.
All of them love bribery,
and look for 3 payoffs. 4
They do not take up the cause of the orphan, 5
or defend the rights of the widow. 6
1:24 Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies, 7
the powerful ruler of Israel, 8 says this:
“Ah, I will seek vengeance 9 against my adversaries,
I will take revenge against my enemies. 10
1:25 I will attack you; 11
I will purify your metal with flux. 12
I will remove all your slag. 13
1:26 I will reestablish honest judges as in former times,
wise advisers as in earlier days. 14
Then you will be called, ‘The Just City,
Faithful Town.’”