Isaiah 1:20-22

New Century Version

²⁰ But if you refuse to obey and if you turn against me,
    you will be destroyed by your enemies’ swords.”
The Lord himself said these things.

²¹ The city of Jerusalem once followed the Lord,
    but she is no longer loyal to him.
She used to be filled with fairness;
    people there lived the way God wanted.
    But now, murderers live there.
²² Jerusalem, you have become like the scum left when silver is purified;
    you are like wine mixed with water.