Isaiah 1:21 - Easy To Read Version

²¹ \{God says,\} “Look at Jerusalem. She was a city that trusted and followed me. What caused her to become like a prostitute? {\cf2\super [12]} She does not follow me now. Jerusalem should be filled with fairness. People living in Jerusalem should live the way God wants. But now, murderers live there.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ How the faithful city has become an [idolatrous] harlot, she who was full of justice! Uprightness and right standing with God [once] lodged in her–but now murderers.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²¹ This faithful town has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lived in her— but now murderers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ How has the faithful city, full of judgment, become a harlot? Justice lived in her, but now murderers.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers.

Isaiah 1:21 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 8:15

David ruled over all of Israel. And David made good and fair decisions for all of his people.

2 Chronicles 19:9

Jehoshaphat gave them commands. Jehoshaphat said, “You must serve faithfully with all your heart. You must fear the Lord.

Nehemiah 11:1

Now the leaders of the people of Israel moved into the city of Jerusalem. The other people of Israel had to decide who else would move into the city. So they threw lots, {\cf2\super [68]} and one out of every ten people had to live in Jerusalem, the holy city. The other nine people could live in their own home towns.

Psalm 46:4

There is a river whose streams\par bring happiness to God’s city,\par to the holy city of God Most High.\par

Psalm 48:1

The Lord is great.\par People praise him very much\par in the city of our God,\par \{on\} his holy mountain.\par

Psalm 48:8

Yes, we heard the stories\par \{about your power\}.\par But we also saw it,\par in the city of our God,\par the city of the Lord All-Powerful.\par God makes that city strong forever!\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [289]})\i0 \par

Isaiah 1:22

“Goodness is like silver. But your silver has become worthless. Your wine (goodness) has been mixed with water—it is now weak.

Isaiah 26:10

An evil person will not learn to do good\par if you show him only kindness.\par An evil person will do bad things,\par even if he lives in a good world.\par That evil person might never see\par the Lord’s greatness.\par

Isaiah 48:2

Yes, they are citizens of the Holy City {\cf2\super [412]} .\par They depend on the God of Israel.\par The Lord All-Powerful is his Name.\par

Isaiah 5:7

The field of grapes that belongs to the Lord All-Powerful is the nation of Israel. The grapevine—the plant the Lord loves—is the man of Judah. {\cf2\super [48]}

Isaiah 59:14

Justice has turned away from us.\par Fairness stands far away.\par Truth has fallen in the streets.\par Goodness is not allowed to enter the city.\par

Isaiah 59:15

Truth is gone.\par And people that try to do good are robbed.\par

Isaiah 59:3

Your hands are dirty; they are covered with blood. Your fingers are covered with guilt. You tell lies with your mouth. Your tongue says evil things.

Jeremiah 3:1

“If a man divorces his wife,\par and she leaves him\par and marries another man,\par can that man come back to his wife again?\par No! If that man went back to that woman, {\cf2\super [14]} \par then that land would become ‘dirty.’\par Judah, you acted like a prostitute\par with many lovers (false gods).\par And now you want to come back to me!”\par This message was from the Lord.\par

Hosea 11:12

Ephraim surrounded me with false gods.\par The people of Israel turned against me. {\cf2\super [124]} \{And they were destroyed!\}\par But Judah still walks with El. {\cf2\super [125]} \par Judah is true to the holy ones. {\cf2\super [126]} ”\par

Hosea 2:5

Their mother has acted like a prostitute. Their mother should be ashamed of the things she did. She said, ‘I will go to my lovers. {\cf2\super [14]} My lovers give me food and water. They give me wool and linen. They give me wine and olive oil.’

Habakkuk 1:4

The law is weak and not fair to people. Evil people win their fights against good people. So, the law is no longer fair. Justice doesn’t win anymore!

Zechariah 8:3

The Lord says, “I have come back to Zion. I am living in Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be called FAITHFUL CITY. The Lord All-Powerful’s mountain will be called HOLY MOUNTAIN.”

Luke 13:34

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets. {\cf2\super [250]} You kill with rocks those men that God has sent you. Many, many times I wanted to help your people. I wanted to gather your people together like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you did not let me.

Acts 7:52

Your ancestors persecuted {\cf2\super [148]} every prophet {\cf2\super [149]} that ever lived. Those prophets said long ago that the Righteous One (Christ {\cf2\super [150]})would come. But your ancestors killed those prophets. And now you have turned against the Righteous One and killed him.

Hebrews 12:22

But you have not come to that kind of place. The new place you have come to is Mount Zion. {\cf2\super [165]} You have come to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. {\cf2\super [166]} You have come to an excited gathering of thousands of angels.

Revelation 11:2

But don’t measure the yard outside the temple. Leave that alone. That has been given to the people who are not Jews. Those people will walk on the holy city for 42 months.

Revelation 11:8

The bodies of the two witnesses will lie in the street of the great city. This city is named Sodom {\cf2\super [84]} and Egypt. These names for the city have a special meaning. This is the city where the Lord was killed.

Revelation 17:1

One of the seven angels came and spoke to me. This was one of the angels that had the seven bowls. The angel said, “Come, and I will show you the punishment that will be given to the famous prostitute. {\cf2\super [125]} She is the one sitting over many waters.