25 (A)I will turn my hand against you
    and will smelt away your (B)dross as with lye
    and remove all your alloy.
26 And I will restore your judges (C)as at the first,
    and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward (D)you shall be called the city of righteousness,
    the faithful city.”

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:25 That is, against Jerusalem

20 In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, (A)iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for (B)I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

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20 In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“search will be made for Israel’s guilt,
    but there will be none,(A)
and for the sins(B) of Judah,
    but none will be found,
    for I will forgive(C) the remnant(D) I spare.

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