Isaiah 1:27

Zion shall be redeemed through justice, and her converts through righteousness.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

In Context

26And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning; after that shalt thou be called, The city of righteousness, the town that is faithful.

28But destruction shall come over transgressors and sinners together, and those that forsake the Lord shall perish.

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Cross References

Isaiah 45:21Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: Who hath announced this in ancient times? told it from the beginning? is it not I the Lord? and there is no other god without me, a just god and a saviour; there is none beside me.

Isaiah 63:4For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed was come.

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 →

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