Isaiah 1:21 · KJV
“How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.”
— Isaiah 1:21
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken {it}.
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
Isaiah 1 — Context
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken {it}.
21How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
23Thy princes {are} rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Cross References
Zephaniah 3:1-3
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! {her...: or, gluttonous: Heb. craw}
Ezekiel 22:1-23
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Zechariah 8:3
Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
Psalms 48:1
[A Song {and} Psalm for the sons of Korah.] Great {is} the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, {in} the mountain of his holiness. {for: or, of}
Jeremiah 3:1
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD. {They say: Heb. Saying}
Psalms 48:8
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
Isaiah 57:3-9
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Psalms 46:4
{There is} a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy {place} of the tabernacles of the most High.