21 How is the [a]faithful city become an harlot? it was full of judgment, and justice lodged therein, but now [b]they are murderers.

22 Thy [c]silver is become dross: thy wine is mixed with water.

23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of [d]thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the widow’s cause come before them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:21 That is, Jerusalem, which had promised fidelity unto me, as a wife to her husband.
  2. Isaiah 1:21 Given to covetousness and extortion, which he signified before by blood, verse 15.
  3. Isaiah 1:22 Whatsoever was pure in thee before, is now corrupt, though thou have an outward show.
  4. Isaiah 1:23 That is, they maintain the wicked and the extortioners: and not only do not punish them, but are themselves such.

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