Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.This verse in the real world
In what words
- שַׁלְמֹןshalmôna bribe
- חָבֵרchâbêran associate
- גַּנָּבgannâba stealer
- סָרַרçârarto turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory
- שַׁחַדshachada donation (venal or redemptive)
- יָתוֹםyâthôwma bereaved person
- אַלְמָנָהʼalmânâha widow; also a desolate place
- רִיבrîyba contest (personal or legal)
+4 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mic 7:3, Zec 7:10, Exo 23:8, Luk 18:2–5, Act 4:5–11, Isa 3:14, Luk 19:46, Jer 5:28–29