Isaiah 1:22

Thy kesef is become dross, 1 thy wine mixed with mayim: 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

In Context

21How is the Kiryah Ne'emanah (Faithful City, i.e., Yerushalayim) become a zonah (harlot)! 1 It was full of mishpat; 1 tzedek lodged in it; 1 but now murderers. 1

23Thy sarim (princes) are rebellious, 1 and companions of ganavim: 1 every one loveth bribes, 1 and followeth after rewards: 1 they give no justice to the fatherless, 1 neither doth the cause of the almanah come unto them. 1

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Cross References

Jeremiah 6:30Nimas kesef (reprobate silver, rejected silver) shall men call them, 1 because Hashem hath rejected them.

Ezekiel 22:18Ben adam, Bais Yisroel is to Me become sig (dross, smelting waste product); all they are nechoshet, and bedil (tin), and barzel (iron), and oferet (lead), in the midst of the kur (furnace); they are even the siggim (drosses) of kesef.

Hosea 6:4O Ephrayim, what shall I do unto thee? 1 O Yehudah, what shall I do with thee? 1 For your chesed (faithfulness, loyalty) is as an anan boker (morning cloud), and as the early dew that disappears. 1

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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