Isaiah 1:21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
The Purification of Jerusalem
21 How she has become a prostitute,
the faithful city,[a] so upright!
Justice used to lodge within her,
but now, murderers.(A)
Footnotes
- 1:21–28 Faithful city: the phrase, found in v. 21 and v. 28, forms an inclusio which marks off the passage and also suggests three chronological periods: the city’s former ideal state, its present wicked condition (described in vv. 21b–23), and the future ideal conditions intended by God. This will be brought about by a purging judgment directed primarily against the leaders (“judges…counselors”).
Isaiah 1:21
New King James Version
The Degenerate City
21 (A)How the faithful city has become a [a]harlot!
It was full of justice;
Righteousness lodged in it,
But now (B)murderers.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:21 Unfaithful
Isaiah 1:21
New International Version
Isaiah 1:21
English Standard Version
The Unfaithful City
21 How the faithful city
(A)has become a whore,[a]
(B)she who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:21 Or become unchaste
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