A moment in scripture
Isaiah 1:21
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How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
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The surrounding passage
- Isaiah 1:19
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
- Isaiah 1:20
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
- Isaiah 1:22
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
- Isaiah 1:23
Thy 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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.