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Isaiah 1:21

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The Degenerate City

21aHow the faithful city has become a 2harlot!

It was full of justice;

Righteousness lodged in it,

But now bmurderers.

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Footnotes

  1. 2Unfaithful

Cross references

  1. aIs. 57:3–9; Jer. 2:20
  2. bMic. 3:1–3

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

How the faithful city

has become a whore,

she who was full of justice!

Righteousness lodged in her,

but now murderers.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

See how the faithful city

has become a prostitute!

She once was full of justice;

righteousness used to dwell in her—

but now murderers!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The faithful town—

what an adulteress she has become!

She was once full of justice.

Righteousness once dwelt in her,

but now, murderers!

NLTNew Living Translation

See how Jerusalem, once so faithful,

has become a prostitute.

Once the home of justice and righteousness,

she is now filled with murderers.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

How has a faithful city become like a whore?

Full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

KJV 1900King James Version

How is the faithful city become an harlot!

It was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it;

But now murderers.