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


In Context

18 Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

19 If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,

20 And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, By the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

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

22 Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.

23 Thy princes are apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:21How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, 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 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.