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Howאֵיכָהthe faithfulנֶאֱמָנָהcityקִרְיָהhas becomeהָיְתָהa prostitute!לְזוֹנָהFullמְלֵאֲתִיof justice,מִשְׁפָּטrighteousnessצֶדֶקlodgedיָלִיןin her,בָּהּbut nowוְעַתָּהmurderers.מְרַצְּחִים
Isaiah 1:21
Study it in the app“How the faithful city has become a prostitute! Full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 1:21, word by word
- the faithfulנֶאֱמָנָהneemana
be firm
To be dependable, steady, never failing.
Where else “neemana” appears- cityקִרְיָהkirya
town, city
Town: a poetic way of saying "city."
Where else “kirya” appears- has becomeהָיְתָהhayta
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayta” appears- a prostituteזוֹנָהzona
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zona” appears- Fullמְלֵאֲתִיmeleati
be full
To be full of something, good or bad.
Where else “meleati” appears- of justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- righteousnessצֶדֶקtsedek
righteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appears- lodgedיָלִיןyalin
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “yalin” appears- murderersמְרַצְּחִיםmeratschim
murder
To take someone's life unjustly.
Where else “meratschim” appears
The context
20but if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword, for the mouth of YHWH has spoken.
21 · This verse (above)
22Your silver has become dross, your liquor diluted with water.