Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version See how the faithful city has become a prostitute! She once was full of justice; righteousness used to dwell in her— but now murderers! New Living Translation See how Jerusalem, once so faithful, has become a prostitute. Once the home of justice and righteousness, she is now filled with murderers. English Standard Version How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. Berean Standard Bible See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers! King James Bible How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. New King James Version How the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; Righteousness lodged in it, But now murderers. New American Standard Bible How the faithful city has become a prostitute, She who was full of justice! Righteousness once dwelt in her, But now murderers. NASB 1995 How the faithful city has become a harlot, She who was full of justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, But now murderers. NASB 1977 How the faithful city has become a harlot, She who was full of justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, But now murderers. Legacy Standard Bible How the faithful city has become a harlot, She who was full of justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, But now murderers. Amplified Bible How the faithful city has become a prostitute [idolatrous, despicable], She who was full of justice! Right standing with God once lodged in her, But now murderers. Christian Standard Bible The faithful town — what an adulteress she has become! She was once full of justice. Righteousness once dwelt in her, but now, murderers! Holman Christian Standard Bible The faithful city— what an adulteress she has become! She was once full of justice. Righteousness once dwelt in her— but now, murderers! American Standard Version How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. Contemporary English Version Jerusalem, you are like an unfaithful wife. Once your judges were honest and your people lived right; now you are a city full of murderers. English Revised Version How is the faithful city become an harlot! she that was full of judgment! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. GOD'S WORD® Translation How the faithful town has become a prostitute! She was full of justice, and righteousness lived in her. But now murderers live there! Good News Translation The city that once was faithful is behaving like a whore! At one time it was filled with righteous people, but now only murderers remain. International Standard Version "How the faithful city has become a whore, she who used to be filled with justice! Righteousness used to reside within her, but now only murderers live there. Majority Standard Bible See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers! NET Bible How tragic that the once-faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murderers. New Heart English Bible How the faithful city has become a prostitute. She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. Webster's Bible Translation How is the faithful city become a harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. World English Bible How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice. Righteousness lodged in her, but now there are murderers. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHow has a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it [with] judgment, "" Righteousness lodges in it—now murderers. Young's Literal Translation How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it with judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it -- now murderers. Smith's Literal Translation How was the faithful city for a harlot! I filled with judgment; justice will lodge in her; and now they are killing. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHow is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers. Catholic Public Domain Version How has the faithful city, full of judgment, become a harlot? Justice lived in her, but now murderers. New American Bible How she has become a prostitute, the faithful city, so upright! Justice used to lodge within her, but now, murderers. New Revised Standard Version How the faithful city has become a whore! She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her— but now murderers! Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHow is the faithful city become a harlot! For once it was full of justice; and righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated How has the faithful city become a whore, that was full of justice and righteousness, and now murderers are lodging in it! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917How is the faithful city Become a harlot! She that was full of justice, Righteousness lodged in her, But now murderers. Brenton Septuagint Translation How has the faithful city Sion, once full of judgement, become a harlot! wherein righteousness lodged, but now murderers. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Corruption of Zion21See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers! 22Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.… Cross References Jeremiah 2:21 I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine? Lamentations 1:8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away. Ezekiel 16:15 But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking. Hosea 4:15 Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’ Micah 3:9-11 Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right, / who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. / Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.” Zephaniah 3:1-4 Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! / She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God. / Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning. ... Jeremiah 5:1 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city. Ezekiel 22:2-12 “As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations / and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself, / you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. ... Amos 5:7 There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground. Jeremiah 11:15 What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom? When you are wicked, then you rejoice. Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Revelation 17:1-5 Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ... Matthew 21:13 And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’” Romans 2:24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” Treasury of Scripture How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. the faithful Isaiah 48:2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. Nehemiah 11:1 And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. Psalm 46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. become Jeremiah 2:20,21 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot… Jeremiah 3:1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD. Lamentations 1:8,9 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward… it was full Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. 2 Samuel 8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people. 2 Chronicles 19:9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. Jump to Previous City Decisions Dwell Faithful Filled Full Harlot Judges Judgment Justice Lodged Murderers Once Prostitute Resting-Place Right Righteousness Time Untrue Upright UsedJump to Next City Decisions Dwell Faithful Filled Full Harlot Judges Judgment Justice Lodged Murderers Once Prostitute Resting-Place Right Righteousness Time Untrue Upright UsedIsaiah 1 1. Isaiah complains of Judah for her rebellion5. He laments her judgments 10. He upbraids their whole service 16. He exhorts to repentance, with promises and threats 21. Bewailing their wickedness, he denounces God's judgments 25. He promises grace 28. And threatens destruction to the wicked How the faithful city The phrase "faithful city" refers to Jerusalem, which was once known for its loyalty and devotion to God. The Hebrew word for "faithful" is "אֱמוּנָה" (emunah), which conveys a sense of steadfastness and reliability. Historically, Jerusalem was the center of worship and the dwelling place of God's presence in the temple. This phrase sets the stage for a lament over the city's spiritual decline, highlighting the contrast between its past faithfulness and its current state. has become a harlot! She was full of justice righteousness resided in her but now only murderers! Righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.--Better, assassins. The word implies not casual homicide, but something like the choice of murder and robbery as a profession. Hosea (Hosea 6:9) had painted a like picture as true of Samaria. The traveller who sojourned in Jerusalem, the poor who lived there, were exposed to outrage and murder; and all this was passing before men's eyes at the very time when they were boasting, as it were, of their "glorious reformation." . . . Verses 21-23. - ISAIAH'S LAMENT OVER JERUSALEM. The exhortation to amendment has been made - the results have been set forth; the temporal reward has been promised; the temporal vengeance, unless they amend, threatened. Time must be allowed the people for the prophet's words to reach them, and do their work upon them, i.e. either soften or harden them. Meanwhile, Isaiah reflects on the condition of Jerusalem, and the unlikelihood of its rulers turning to God in consequence of his preaching. Verse 21. - How is the faithful city become an harlot! Not here an idolatress, but one that has left her first love, and turned to other attractions. Faithful once to her lord her spouse (Cant., passim), she has now cast him off - she is an adulterous wife, she no longer obeys or loves her husband. It was full of judgment; righteousness, etc. "She that was full" (Revised Version). Under Solomon (1 Kings 3:9-28) and again under Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 19:5-11). It is not clear when the systematic perversion of justice by the rulers began. Perhaps it originated in the latter part of Uzziah's reign, when the royal authority was weakened by being divided between Uzziah and Jotham (2 Chronicles 26:21). But now murderers (see the last note on ver. 15).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew [See] howאֵיכָה֙ (’ê·ḵāh) Interjection Strong's 349: How?, how!, where the faithful נֶאֱמָנָ֑ה (ne·’ĕ·mā·nāh) Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 539: To confirm, support city קִרְיָ֖ה (qir·yāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7151: A town, city has become הָיְתָ֣ה (hā·yə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a harlot! לְזוֹנָ֔ה (lə·zō·w·nāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry She once was full of justice; מִשְׁפָּ֗ט (miš·pāṭ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style righteousness צֶ֛דֶק (ṣe·ḏeq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6664: The right, equity, prosperity resided יָלִ֥ין (yā·lîn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate within her, בָּ֖הּ (bāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew but now only וְעַתָּ֥ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 6258: At this time murderers! מְרַצְּחִֽים׃ (mə·raṣ·ṣə·ḥîm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7523: To dash in pieces, kill, to murder Links Isaiah 1:21 NIVIsaiah 1:21 NLT Isaiah 1:21 ESV Isaiah 1:21 NASB Isaiah 1:21 KJV Isaiah 1:21 BibleApps.com Isaiah 1:21 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 1:21 Chinese Bible Isaiah 1:21 French Bible Isaiah 1:21 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 1:21 How the faithful city has become (Isa Isi Is) |
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