Verse 23
Isaiah 1:23
World Messianic Bible
23
Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards.
They don’t judge the fatherless,
neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
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
1
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uz...
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2
Hear, heavens,
and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken:
“I have nourished and brought up children,...
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3
The ox knows his owner,
and the donkey his master’s crib;
but Israel doesn’t know,
my people don’t c...
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4
Ah sinful nation,
a people loaded with iniquity,
offspring of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly...
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5
Why should you be beaten more,
that you revolt more and more?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole...
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6
From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it:
wounds, welts, and open sore...
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7
Your country is desolate.
Your cities are burned with fire.
Strangers devour your land in your prese...
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8
The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut in a field of melons,
like a b...
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9
Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant,
we would have been as Sodom;
we would h...
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10
Hear Yahweh’s word, you rulers of Sodom!
Listen to the law of our God (Elohim), you people of Gomorr...
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11
“What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says Yahweh.
“I have had enough of the burnt off...
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12
When you come to appear before me,
who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
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13
Bring no more vain offerings.
Incense is an abomination to me;
new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations...
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14
My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts.
They are a burden to me.
I am weary of beari...
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15
When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you.
Yes, when you make many prayers, I wil...
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16
Wash yourselves, make yourself clean.
Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes.
Cease to...
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17
Learn to do well.
Seek justice.
Relieve the oppressed.
Judge the fatherless.
Plead for the widow.”
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18
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh:
“Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be...
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19
If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
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20
but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword;
for the mouth of Yahweh has spoke...
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21
How the faithful city has become a prostitute!
She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her,...
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22
Your silver has become dross,
your wine mixed with water.
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23
Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rew...
24
Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies,
the Mighty One of Israel, says:
“Ah, I will get relief from my...
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25
and I will turn my hand on you,
thoroughly purge away your dross,
and will take away all your tin.
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26
I will restore your judges as at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you s...
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27
Zion shall be redeemed with justice,
and her converts with righteousness.
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28
But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together,
and those who forsake Yahweh sha...
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29
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired,
and you shall be confounded for the ga...
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30
For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades,
and as a garden that has no water.
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31
The strong will be like tinder,
and his work like a spark.
They will both burn together,
and no one...
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