Isaiah 1:19-21

New Century Version

¹⁹ If you become willing and obey me,
    you will eat good crops from the land.
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.