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Isaiah 1:21
“How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.”
Verse in context — Isaiah 1
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If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;
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but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
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How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
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Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.
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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.
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Prophecies of judgment and hope, pointing to the coming Messiah.
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