Isaiah 1:21
How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
22Thy silver is turned into dress: thy wine is mingled with water.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 19:9And he charged them, saying: Thus shall you do in the fear of the Lord faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
Psalms 46:4Their waters roared and were troubled: the mountains were troubled with his strength.
Psalms 48:8With a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships of Tharsis.
Isaiah 26:10Let us have pity on the wicked, but he will not learn justice: in the land of the saints he hath done wicked things, and he shall not see the glory of the Lord.
Isaiah 57:3But draw near hither, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer, and of the harlot.
Jeremiah 3:1It is commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and marry another man, shall he return to her any more? shall not that woman be polluted, and defiled? but thou hast prostituted thyself to many lovers: nevertheless return to me, saith the Lord, and I will receive thee.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:17-21
A Call to Repentance; Repentance and Reformation Urged. ( b. c. 738.) 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord : though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the… Read the whole commentary →