Isaiah 1:21
How is she become a harlot, the faithful town! she, that was full of justice; righteousness lodged therein; but now murderers.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine is drugged with water;
Cross References
2 Chronicles 19:9And he charged on them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, in faithfulness, and with an undivided heart.
Psalms 46:4(46:5) [There] is a river, its rivulets cause to rejoice the city of God, the sanctuary of the dwellings of the Most High.
Psalms 48:8(48:9) As we have heard, so have we seen [it] in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
Isaiah 26:10If favor be shown to the wicked, he will not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not regard the majesty of the Lord.
Isaiah 57:3But ye draw near hither, sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
Jeremiah 3:1One could say, Behold, if a man send away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, can he return unto her again? would not that land be greatly polluted? and thou hast played the harlot with many companions, and wilt yet return to me, saith the Lord.
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 →