for (A)his judgments are true and just;
for he has judged (B)the great prostitute
    who corrupted the earth with her immorality,
and (C)has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”

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And all for the countless whorings of the (A)prostitute,
    (B)graceful and of deadly charms,
who betrays nations with her whorings,
    and peoples with her charms.

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:21 Or become unchaste

20 “For long ago I (A)broke your yoke
    and burst your bonds;
    but you said, (B)‘I will not serve.’
Yes, (C)on every high hill
    and under every green tree
    you bowed down (D)like a whore.

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