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Isaiah 1:23-25
International Standard Version
Isaiah 1:23-25
International Standard Version
23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
All of them are lovers of[a] bribes
and are runners[b] after gifts.
They don’t bring justice to orphans,[c]
and the widow’s case never comes up for review in their court.”[d]
Restoration and Redemption
24 Therefore this is what the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies,
the one who is Israel’s Mighty One, declares:
“Now I’ll get relief from his[e] enemies
and avenge myself on his[f] foes.
25 When I turn[g] my attention to you,[h]
I’ll refine your dross as in a furnace.[i]
I’ll remove[j] all your alloy.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:23 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads Everyone loves
- Isaiah 1:23 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads and run
- Isaiah 1:23 Or to the fatherless
- Isaiah 1:23 Lit. comes before them
- Isaiah 1:24 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsaf MT LXX Vulgate read my
- Isaiah 1:24 So 1QIsaa; LXX MT read my
- Isaiah 1:25 So 1QIsaa; LXX MT read And let me turn
- Isaiah 1:25 Lit. my hand against you
- Isaiah 1:25 1QIsaa lacks as in a furnace; MT reads as lye
- Isaiah 1:25 So 1QIsaa 4QIsaf; MT reads Let me remove
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