Isaiah 1:23
Your leaders are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and want to get kickbacks. They don't defend the rights of orphans, and refuse to take cases to help widows.
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22Your silver has become worthless waste; your wine has been watered down.
Cross References
Exodus 23:8Don't accept bribes, for a bribe blinds those who can see, and undermines the evidence of the honest.
Deuteronomy 16:19Don't pervert justice or show favoritism. Don't take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the wise and twists the words of the truthful.
2 Chronicles 24:17But after the death of Jehoiada, the leaders of Judah came to swear their loyalty to the king, and he listened to their advice.
Proverbs 17:23The wicked take hidden bribes to pervert the course of justice.
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do good; strive for justice, condemn those who oppress others; support the rights of orphans, take up cases to defend widows.
Isaiah 3:14The Lord comes to give his judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: You are the ones who have destroyed my vineyard; your houses are full with everything you've stolen from the poor.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:22-31
The Degeneracy of Jerusalem; Reformation of the Church. ( b. c. 738.) 21 How is the faithful city become a harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. 22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: 23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. 24 Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I… Read the whole commentary →