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Isaiah 1:21-23

The Unfaithful City

21 How the faithful city
has become a whore, [1]
she who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.
22 Your silver has become dross,
your best wine mixed with water.
23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow's cause does not come to them.


Footnotes

[1] Or become unchaste

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