Isaiah 1:21

In 11 translations

BSB

See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

KJV

¶ How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

WEB

How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice. Righteousness lodged in her, but now there are murderers.

ASV

How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

LSV

How has a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it [with] judgment, || Righteousness lodges in it—now murderers.

YLT

How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it [with] judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it — now murderers.

DBY

How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness used to lodge in it, but now murderers.

DRC

How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers.

GNV

Howe is the faithfull citie become an harlot? it was full of iudgement, and iustice lodged therein, but now they are murtherers.

JPS

How is the faithful city become a harlot! She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

LXXE

How has the faithful city Sion, once full of judgment, become a harlot! wherein righteousness lodged, but now murderers.

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WLC

אֵיכָה֙ הָיְתָ֣ה לְזוֹנָ֔ה קִרְיָ֖ה נֶאֱמָנָ֑ה מְלֵאֲתִ֣י מִשְׁפָּ֗ט צֶ֛דֶק יָלִ֥ין בָּ֖הּ וְעַתָּ֥ה מְרַצְּחִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Πῶς ἐγένετο πόρνη πόλις πιστὴ Σιὼν πλήρης κρίσεως; ἐν ᾗ δικαιοσύνη ἐκοιμήθη ἐν αὐτῇ, νῦν δὲ φονευταί.

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• Zephaniah 3:1–3Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God. Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are…
• Ezekiel 22:1–23Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations and tell her that this is what the…
• Zechariah 8:3This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
• Jeremiah 2:20–21“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute. I had planted you like a choice vine from the…
• 2 Samuel 8:15Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
• 2 Chronicles 19:9He commanded them, saying, “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the LORD.
• Isaiah 57:3–9“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! Whom are you mocking? At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,…
• Ezekiel 16:1–63Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominations and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the…
• Psalms 48:8As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
• Hosea 11:12Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
• Psalms 46:4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
• Isaiah 48:2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
• Revelation 11:8Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.
• Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
• Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
• Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

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