Isaiah 1:26

After that happens, I will give you good judges like you had previously; you will have wise counselors like you had long ago. Then people will call your city “a city where people act righteously, a city where people are loyal to me.”'”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

In Context

25I will raise my fist to strike you. I will punish you severely [MET], as though [MET] you were silver and I needed to heat you very greatly to melt you and get rid of the impurities.

27Because the people of Jerusalem will do what is fair/just, their city will be restored; those who repent will be saved because of their acting righteously.

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Cross References

Numbers 12:3The truth was that Moses/I was very humble. He/I was more humble than anyone else on the earth and Moses/I had not appointed himself/myself to be their leader.

1 Samuel 12:2My own sons are grown up and with you now, but I have appointed Saul instead of one of them, and he is now your leader. I am now old, and my hair is gray. I have been your leader ever since I was a boy.

Isaiah 2:3People from many people-groups will say to each other, “Come, let’s go up to the hill, to the temple of Yahweh, to worship the God whom Jacob worshiped. There Yahweh will teach us what he desires us to know, in order that our behavior will please him. His teaching will be given to us in Jerusalem, and we will take his message from Jerusalem to other places/nations.

Isaiah 33:5Yahweh is greater than anyone else, and he lives in heaven, and he will rule justly and righteously in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 60:17Instead of metals that are not valuable, like bronze and iron, I will bring to you silver and gold. Instead of wood and stones, I will bring you bronze and iron for your buildings. There will be peace in your country, and your rulers will do what is fair/just.

Isaiah 62:1Because I am very concerned about the people of Jerusalem [DOU], I will do something to help them. I will not stop praying for them until they are rescued/freed from their oppressors, until that becomes as apparent to everyone as the dawn every morning, until people can see it as clearly as [SIM] they see a torch shining brightly at night.

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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