26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,(A)
    your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called(B)
    the City of Righteousness,(C)
    the Faithful City.(D)

27 Zion will be delivered with justice,
    her penitent(E) ones with righteousness.(F)
28 But rebels and sinners(G) will both be broken,
    and those who forsake(H) the Lord will perish.(I)

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26 Then I will restore your (A)judges as at first,
And your counselors as at the beginning;
After that you will be called the (B)city of righteousness,
A faithful city.”

27 Zion will be (C)redeemed with justice
And her [a]repentant ones with righteousness.
28 But [b]wrongdoers and sinners together will be (D)broken,
And those who abandon the Lord will come to an end.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:27 Or returning
  2. Isaiah 1:28 Lit a breaking of wrongdoers and sinners together

26 And I will restore your judges (A)as at the first,
    and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward (B)you shall be called the city of righteousness,
    the faithful city.”

27 (C)Zion shall be redeemed by justice,
    and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
28 (D)But rebels and sinners shall be broken together,
    and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

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