Isaiah 1:23
Your princes [are] apostates, and companions of thieves, || Everyone loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, || They do not judge the fatherless, || And the plea of the widow does not come to them.
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In Context
22Your silver has become dross, || Your drink defiled with water.
Cross References
Exodus 23:8And you do not take a bribe, for the bribe binds the open-[eyed] and perverts the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 16:19You do not turn aside judgment; you do not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
2 Chronicles 24:17And after the death of Jehoiada, heads of Judah have come in, and bow themselves to the king; then the king has listened to them,
Proverbs 17:23The wicked takes a bribe from the bosom, || To turn aside the paths of judgment.
Isaiah 1:17Seek judgment, make the oppressed blessed, || Judge the fatherless, strive [for] the widow.
Isaiah 3:14YHWH enters into judgment || With [the] elderly of His people, and its heads: “And you, you have consumed the vineyard, || Plunder of the poor [is] in your houses.
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 →