Isaiah 1:22
New International Version
Your silver has become dross, your choice wine is diluted with water.

New Living Translation
Once like pure silver, you have become like worthless slag. Once so pure, you are now like watered-down wine.

English Standard Version
Your silver has become dross, your best wine mixed with water.

Berean Standard Bible
Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.

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

New King James Version
Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water.

New American Standard Bible
Your silver has become waste matter, Your drink diluted with water.

NASB 1995
Your silver has become dross, Your drink diluted with water.

NASB 1977
Your silver has become dross, Your drink diluted with water.

Legacy Standard Bible
Your silver has become dross, Your drink diluted with water.

Amplified Bible
Your silver has turned to lead, Your wine is diluted with water.

Christian Standard Bible
Your silver has become dross to be discarded, your beer is diluted with water.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your silver has become dross, your beer is diluted with water.

American Standard Version
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

Contemporary English Version
Your silver is fake, and your wine is watered down.

English Revised Version
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Your silver is not pure. Your wine is watered down.

Good News Translation
Jerusalem, you were once like silver, but now you are worthless; you were like good wine, but now you are only water.

International Standard Version
Your silver has become dross, your best wine is diluted with water.

Majority Standard Bible
Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.

NET Bible
Your silver has become scum, your beer is diluted with water.

New Heart English Bible
Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

World English Bible
Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Your silver has become dross, "" Your drink defiled with water.

Young's Literal Translation
Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thy silver was for dross, thy wine adulterated with water.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy silver is turned into dress: thy wine is mingled with water.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Your silver has turned into dross. Your wine has been mixed with water.

New American Bible
Your silver is turned to dross, your wine is mixed with water.

New Revised Standard Version
Your silver has become dross, your wine is mixed with water.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Your silver is rejected; your tavern wines are mixed with water
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thy silver is become dross, Thy wine mixed with water.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Your silver is worthless, thy wine merchants mix the wine with water.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Corruption of Zion
21See 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. 23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 6:30
They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”

Ezekiel 22:18-19
“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver. / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem.

Hosea 4:18
When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

Lamentations 4:1
How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

Proverbs 25:4
Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.

Malachi 3:3
And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.

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?

Ezekiel 22:20
Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.

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. ...

Amos 8:6
Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

Matthew 23:27-28
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

1 Peter 1:7
so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 3:18
I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

1 Corinthians 3:12-13
If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, / his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.

James 5:1-3
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.


Treasury of Scripture

Your silver is become dross, your wine mixed with water:

silver

Jeremiah 6:28-30
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters…

Lamentations 4:1,2
How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street…

Ezekiel 22:18-22
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver…

wine

Hosea 4:18
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

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Isaiah 1
1. Isaiah complains of Judah for her rebellion
5. 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














Your silver has become dross
The word "silver" in Hebrew is "כֶּסֶף" (kesef), often symbolizing wealth, purity, and value. In ancient times, silver was a precious metal used in trade and as a standard of wealth. The transformation of silver into "dross" (סִיגִים, sigim) signifies a loss of purity and value. Dross is the waste material that is separated from metals during the refining process. This imagery powerfully conveys the spiritual and moral decay of the people of Judah. Their once valuable and pure faith and practices have become corrupted and worthless. Historically, this reflects a period of decline in Judah, where the people's actions no longer reflected the covenant relationship with God. Spiritually, it serves as a call to self-examination and repentance, urging believers to seek purification and restoration in their relationship with God.

your fine wine is diluted with water
"Fine wine" in Hebrew is "סָבָא" (sava), representing joy, celebration, and abundance. Wine was a staple in ancient Near Eastern culture, often associated with blessings and prosperity. The phrase "diluted with water" indicates a reduction in quality and strength. In the context of Isaiah's prophecy, this dilution symbolizes the compromise and weakening of the people's spiritual integrity. Just as watered-down wine loses its potency and flavor, so too has the fervor and authenticity of the people's worship and ethical standards diminished. This imagery challenges believers to consider the purity and strength of their own faith. Historically, it reflects the syncretism and moral laxity that had infiltrated Judah, leading to a society that was spiritually impoverished. Theologically, it calls Christians to pursue a faith that is undiluted and vibrant, fully committed to the teachings and righteousness of God.

(22) Thy silver is become dross . . .--The two images describe the degeneracy of the rulers to whose neglect this disorder was due. (See Notes on Jeremiah 6:28-30.) Hypocrisy and adulteration were the order of the day. The coinage of judgment and justice was debased; the wine of spiritual life (Proverbs 9:5), of enthusiasm and zeal for good, was diluted till it had lost all power to strengthen and refresh. In "the salt that has lost its savour" of Matthew 5:13 we have a like symbolism.

Verse 22. - Thy silver is become dross. Primarily, "thy great men have deteriorated." From pure silver, they have become mere dross, the vile refuse of the smelted ore, only fit to be cast away as worthless. But per-Imps there is some further reference to all that was once precious in Jerusalem; there had been a general deterioration - all the silver was now a debased metal of no value. Thy wine mixed with water. A parallelism; but (as so often happens) a weakened iteration of the preceding sentiment.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Your silver
כַּסְפֵּ֖ךְ (kas·pêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

has become
הָיָ֣ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

dross,
לְסִיגִ֑ים (lə·sî·ḡîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5509: A moving back or away, dross

your fine wine
סָבְאֵ֖ךְ (sā·ḇə·’êḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 5435: A drink, liquor

is diluted
מָה֥וּל (mā·hūl)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 4107: To cut down, reduce, to adulterate

with water.
בַּמָּֽיִם׃ (bam·mā·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen


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