Isaiah 1:26
I will give you good leaders as you used to have before, wise counselors as you had in the beginning. After that you will once again be called the City of Integrity, the Faithful City.
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In Context
25I will turn against you. I will refine you in a furnace, removing all impurities.
27Zion will be rescued by justice, those who repent by doing right.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3Moses was a very humble man, more than anyone else on earth.
1 Samuel 12:2Now your king is your leader. I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have led you from the time I was a boy up to today.
Isaiah 2:3People will come and say, “Let's go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Temple of the God of Jacob. There God will teach us his ways and we will follow his directions. God's teachings will spread out from Zion, his word from Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 33:5The Lord is praised for he lives in highest heaven; he has filled Zion with justice and right.
Isaiah 60:17I will bring you gold instead of bronze, silver instead of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stone. I will appoint Peace as your watchman, and Goodness as your leader.
Isaiah 62:1I can't remain silent because of my love for Zion, I can't keep quiet because of my love for Jerusalem, until her integrity shines like a beam of light, until her salvation blazes like a burning torch.
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 →