Verse 23
Isaiah 1:23
Free Bible Version
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Your leaders are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and want to get kickbacks. They don't defend the rights of orphans, and refuse to take cases to help widows.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שָׂרַ֣יִ/ךְ סוֹרְרִ֗ים וְ/חַבְרֵי֙ גַּנָּבִ֔ים כֻּלּ/וֹ֙ אֹהֵ֣ב שֹׁ֔חַד וְ/רֹדֵ֖ף שַׁלְמֹנִ֑ים יָתוֹם֙ לֹ֣א יִשְׁפֹּ֔טוּ וְ/רִ֥יב אַלְמָנָ֖ה לֹֽא יָב֥וֹא אֲלֵי/הֶֽם
English Translation
Your rulers are rebellious and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe and pursues gifts. They do not judge the orphan, and the dispute of the widow they do not come near.
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Chapter 1 Context
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Heavens, listen! Earth, pay attention! For the Lord has spoken! I brought up children, I cared for t...
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4
What a sinful nation—a people carrying such a load of guilt, an evil generation, corrupt children! T...
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Your country has been devastated, your towns burned down, your fields stripped bare by foreigners ri...
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The daughter of Zion is left like a shack in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a city...
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10
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When you come to appear before me in worship, who asked you to proudly tramp around my courts?
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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Your silver has become worthless waste; your wine has been watered down.
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Your leaders are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and want to get kickbacks. They do...
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So this is what the Lord says, the Lord Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel: Ha! I will take satisfac...
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I will turn against you. I will refine you in a furnace, removing all impurities.
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I will give you good leaders as you used to have before, wise counselors as you had in the beginning...
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