Isaiah 1:19-23

English Standard Version

^19 (A)If you are willing and obedient,
    you shall eat the good of the land;
²⁰ but if you refuse and rebel,
    you shall be eaten by the sword;
    ^(B)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

²¹ How the faithful city
    ^(C)has become a whore,^{[a]
    (D)}she who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
    but now murderers.
^22 (E)Your silver has become dross,
    your best wine mixed with water.
²³ Your princes are rebels
    and companions of thieves.
Everyone ^(F)loves a bribe
    and runs after gifts.
^(G)They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
    and the widow's cause does not come to them.