Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
How was the faithful city for a harlot! I filled with judgment; justice will lodge in her; and now they are killing
New American Standard Bible
She who was full of justice!
Righteousness once lodged in her,
But now murderers.
King James Version
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Holman Bible
what an adulteress
She was once full of justice.
Righteousness once dwelt in her—
but now, murderers!
International Standard Version
"How the faithful city has become a whore, she who used to be filled with justice! Righteousness used to reside within her, but now only murderers live there.
A Conservative Version
How the faithful city has become a harlot! She who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
American Standard Version
How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Amplified
How the faithful city has become a prostitute [idolatrous, despicable],
She who was full of justice!
Right standing with God once lodged in her,
But now murderers.
Bible in Basic English
The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.
Darby Translation
How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness used to lodge in it, but now murderers.
King James 2000
How has the faithful city become a harlot! it was full of justice; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Lexham Expanded Bible
How has a faithful city become like a whore? Full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Modern King James verseion
How has the faithful city become a harlot? It was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
How happeneth it then that the righteous city, which was full of equity, is become unfaithful as an whore? Righteousness dwelt in it, but now murder.
NET Bible
How tragic that the once-faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murderers.
New Heart English Bible
How the faithful city has become a prostitute. She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
The Emphasized Bible
How hath she become unchaste! - The city that was Faithful, - Full of justice, Righteousness lodged in her, But, now, murderers!
Webster
How is the faithful city become a harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
World English Bible
How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Youngs Literal Translation
How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it with judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it -- now murderers.
Interlinear
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Zanah
Mishpat
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 1:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Purification Of Jerusalem
20 And if ye shall refuse and rebel, ye shall be eaten by the sword: for the mouth of Jehovah spake. 21 How was the faithful city for a harlot! I filled with judgment; justice will lodge in her; and now they are killing 22 Thy silver was for dross, thy wine adulterated with water.
Cross References
2 Samuel 8:15
And David will reign over all Israel; and David will be doing judgment and justice to all his people.
2 Chronicles 19:9
And he will command upon them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of Jehovah, with faithfulness and with the whole heart.
Nehemiah 11:1
And the chiefs of the people dwelt in Jerusalem: and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one from ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine hands in the cities.
Psalm 46:4
A river, its streams will gladden the city of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
Psalm 48:1
A song of chanting to the sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
Psalm 48:8
As we heard, so we saw in the city of Jehovah of armies, in the city of our God: God will prepare it even forever. Silence.
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of Jehovah of armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his pleasures: and he will wait for judgment, and behold bloodshed; for justice, and behold a cry.
Isaiah 48:2
For they were called of the holy city, and rested themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of armies his name.
Isaiah 57:3-9
And ye, come ye near here, sons of her practicing magic, seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
Jeremiah 2:20-21
For from of old I broke thy yoke, I burst thy bonds; and thou wilt say, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou turnest one side, committing fornication:
Jeremiah 3:1
Saying, If a man shall send away his wife, and she went from him and she was to another man, shall he yet turn back to her? Being defiled, shall not that land be defiled? and thou committedst fornication with many shepherds; and turn back to me, says Jehovah.
Lamentations 1:8-9
Jerusalem sinned a sin; for this she was for a removing: all honoring her despised her, for they saw her nakedness: also she sighed, and she will turn away behind.
Ezekiel 16:1-63
And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying,
Ezekiel 22:1-23
And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying,
Hosea 11:12
Ephraim surrounded me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit: and Judah even ruled with God, and was faithful with the holy ones.
Micah 3:2-3
Hating the good and loving the evil; plucking off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones.
Zephaniah 3:1-3
Wo! to the wonderful and oppressing city being redeemed.
Zechariah 8:3
Thus said Jehovah: I turned back to Zion, and I dwelt in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem was called, The city of truth; and the mountain of Jehovah of armies, The holy mountain.
Luke 13:34
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets, and striking with stones those having been sent to her; how often I wished to gather thy children together, which manner a hen her young brood under the wings, and ye would not!
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did not your fathers drive out and they slew them announcing beforehand of the coming of the Just; of whom ye have now been traitors and murderers:
Hebrews 12:22
But ye have come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
Revelation 11:2
And the court-yard that without the temple throw out, and thou mayest not measure it: for it was given to the nations: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty-two months.
Revelation 11:8
And their slain bodies upon the spacious way of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.