17 Learn to do what is good.
Seek justice.(A)
Correct the oppressor.[a]
Defend the rights of the fatherless.
Plead the widow’s cause.

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  1. Isaiah 1:17 Or Aid the oppressed

21 The faithful city—
what an adulteress[a] she has become!
She was once full of justice.
Righteousness once dwelt in her—
but now, murderers!

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  1. Isaiah 1:21 Or prostitute

26 I will restore your judges(A) to what they once were,[a]
and your advisers to their former state.[b]
Afterward you will be called the Righteous City,(B)
a Faithful City.”

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  1. Isaiah 1:26 Lit judges as at the first
  2. Isaiah 1:26 Lit advisers as at the beginning

27 Zion will be redeemed by justice,
her repentant ones by righteousness.(A)

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