Isaiah 1:23

Translations

Modern

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

Traditional

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Literal

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves, everyone is loving a bribe and pursuing rewards. The fatherless they do not defend and the case of the widow does not come to them.

Latin

Principes tui infideles, socii furum. Omnes diligunt munera, sequuntur retributiones. Pupillo non judicant, et causa viduæ non ingreditur ad illos.

Original

Hebrew

English

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

Notes

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Isaiah Bribery and Gifts God’s Justice Salvation in Isaiah Zion

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Prophecies of Isaiah

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Micah 7:3
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
Exodus 23:8
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
Zechariah 7:10
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
Acts 4:5–11
The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
Luke 18:2–5
“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
Isaiah 10:1–2
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
Jeremiah 5:28–29
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
Luke 19:46
He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Isaiah 3:14
The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
Jeremiah 5:5
I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
Ezekiel 22:6–12
See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.

Glossary

Alms Bribe, Bribery Courts and Trials Isaiah, Book of Orphan Remnant Widow

Topics

Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God are Degrading Bribery: General Scriptures Concerning Church: Backslidden Company: Evil Court: Corrupt Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Covetousness: Nobles of the Jews Fatherless: The Wicked: Judge not For Orphan: General Scriptures Concerning Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Rebellion Against God: Connected With: Injustice and Corruption Rulers: Wicked Silver of Good Rulers Sin: The Israelites Theft: The Wicked: Associate with Those Who Commit Widow: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Widows: The Wicked: Reject the Cause of

Isaiah 1:23

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