Isaiah 1:23
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
מְרִי
mᵉrîy
bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious
כְּנָת
kᵉnâth
{a colleague (as having the same title)}
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
מַתָּנָה
mattânâh
a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
שָׁפַט
shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literall...
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
אַלְמָנָה
ʼalmânâh
a widow; also a desolate place
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →מְרִי mᵉrîy
bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious
Study H4805 →מַתָּנָה mattânâh
a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe
Study H4979 →שָׁפַט shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
Study H8199 →Cross References
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his...
The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shuttet...
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil ca...
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