Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

How has the faithful city become a harlot? It was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.

New American Standard Bible

How the faithful city has become a harlot,
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

The faithful city—
what an adulteress she has become!
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.

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

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 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קריה 
Qiryah 
Usage: 31

it was full
מלא 
Male' 
Usage: 63

לין לוּן 
Luwn 
Usage: 84

Context Readings

Purification Of Jerusalem

20 but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken. 21 How has the faithful city become a harlot? It was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers. 22 Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water;

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:15

And David reigned over all Israel. And David did judgment and justice to all his people.

2 Chronicles 19:9

And he charged them, saying, And you shall act in the fear of Jehovah, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

Nehemiah 11:1

And the rulers of the people lived at Jerusalem. And the rest of the people cast lots, to bring one of every ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine parts in other cities.

Psalm 46:4

There is a river, its channels gladden the city of God glad, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

Psalm 48:1

A Song and Psalm for the Sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness.

Psalm 48:8

as we have heard, so we have seen in the city of Jehovah of Hosts, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant plant; and He looked for justice, but behold bloody iniquity; for righteousness, but behold a cry!

Isaiah 48:2

For they call themselves of the holy city, and rest themselves on the God of Israel; Jehovah of Hosts is His name.

Isaiah 57:3-9

But draw near here, sons of the sorceress, seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

Jeremiah 2:20-21

For long ago you broke your yoke and tore up your bonds; and you said, I will not transgress, when on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down like a harlot.

Jeremiah 3:1

They say, If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him and will be for another man, will he return to her again? Would not that land be greatly defiled? But you play the harlot with many lovers; yet come back to Me, says Jehovah.

Lamentations 1:8-9

Jerusalem has grievously sinned, therefore she has been removed. All knowing her despise her because they saw her nakedness; yea, she sighs and turns backward.

Ezekiel 16:1-63

Again the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 22:1-23

And the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Hosea 11:12

Ephraim circles around Me with lying, and the house of Israel with deceit. But Judah still rules with God, and is faithful with the saints.

Micah 3:2-3

You who hate the good and love the evil; who pull their skin off them, and their flesh from their bones;

Zephaniah 3:1-3

Woe to her rebelling and becoming defiled, to the oppressing city!

Zechariah 8:3

So says Jehovah: I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a City of Truth, and the mountain of Jehovah of Hosts, the Holy Mountain.

Luke 13:34

Jerusalem! Jerusalem! the one killing the prophets, and stoning those having been sent to her; how often I desired to gather your children in the way a hen gathers her brood under the wings, and you did not desire it.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now been the betrayers and murderers;

Hebrews 12:22

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

Revelation 11:2

But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it was given to the nations. And they will trample the holy city forty-two months.

Revelation 11:8

And their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

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