21How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.


In Context

18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

20 but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

21 How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

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

Isaiah 1:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:21How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:21See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness used to dwell in her- but now murderers!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:21How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness used to lodge in it, but now murderers.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:21How is the faithful city become an harlot! she that was full of judgment! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21How is the faithful city become a harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it with judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it — now murderers.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:21How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.