Isaiah 1:21-25

New King James Version

The Degenerate City

²¹^(A)How the faithful city has become a ^[a]harlot!
It was full of justice;
Righteousness lodged in it,
But now ^(B)murderers.
²²^(C)Your silver has become dross,
Your wine mixed with water.
²³^(D)Your princes are rebellious,
And ^(E)companions of thieves;
^(F)Everyone loves bribes,
And follows after rewards.
They ^(G)do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

²⁴Therefore the Lord says,
The Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel,
“Ah, ^(H)I will ^[b]rid Myself of My adversaries,
And ^[c]take vengeance on My enemies.
²⁵I will turn My hand against you,
And ^(I)thoroughly^[d] purge away your dross,
And take away all your alloy.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 1:21 Unfaithful
Isaiah 1:24 be relieved of
Isaiah 1:24 avenge Myself
Isaiah 1:25 refine with lye

Isaiah 4:3-4

New King James Version

³And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem ^(A)will be called holy—everyone who is ^(B)recorded among the living in Jerusalem. ⁴When ^(C)the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the ^[a]blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning,