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25     I will take action against you, My sinful children,
        burning off whatever is worthless, purging whatever is impure.
26     I will bring back legislators who have integrity,
        people like your founding fathers—principled decision-makers.
    Then your city will be called honorable and just,
        a model of ethics, trustworthy, and strong.

27 In that way, this place Zion will pass the test:
    the city restored by justice, her citizens delivered by repentance.

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25 I will turn my hand against you;[a](A)
    I will thoroughly purge(B) away your dross(C)
    and remove all your impurities.(D)
26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,(E)
    your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called(F)
    the City of Righteousness,(G)
    the Faithful City.(H)

27 Zion will be delivered with justice,
    her penitent(I) ones with righteousness.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:25 That is, against Jerusalem