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

Thy

שַׂר

sar

H8269

a head person (of any rank or class)

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are

מְרִי

mᵉrîy

H4805

bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious

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and

כְּנָת

kᵉnâth

H3675

{a colleague (as having the same title)}

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of

גַּנָּב

gannâb

H1590

a stealer

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every

אֶחָד

ʼechâd

H259

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

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אָהַב

ʼâhab

H157

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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מַתָּנָה

mattânâh

H4979

a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe

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and

רָדַף

râdaph

H7291

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)

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אַחַר

ʼachar

H310

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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נְבִזְבָּה

nᵉbizbâh

H5023

a largess

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they

שָׁפַט

shâphaṭ

H8199

to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literall...

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not the

יָתוֹם

yâthôwm

H3490

a bereaved person

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לֹא

lôʼ

H3808

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

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doth the

רִיב

rîyb

H7379

a contest (personal or legal)

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of the

אַלְמָנָה

ʼalmânâh

H490

a widow; also a desolate place

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בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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unto them

Key Terms in This Verse

rewards H5023

נְבִזְבָּה nᵉbizbâh

a largess

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followeth H7291

רָדַף râdaph

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)

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thieves H1590

גַּנָּב gannâb

a stealer

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companions H3675

כְּנָת kᵉnâth

{a colleague (as having the same title)}

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rebellious H4805

מְרִי mᵉrîy

bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious

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fatherless H3490

יָתוֹם yâthôwm

a bereaved person

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gifts H4979

מַתָּנָה mattânâh

a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe

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widow H490

אַלְמָנָה ʼalmânâh

a widow; also a desolate place

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loveth H157

אָהַב ʼâhab

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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judge H8199

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)

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Cross References

Micah 7:3 cross-reference

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.

Zechariah 7:10 cross-reference

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.

Exodus 23:8 cross-reference

And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Malachi 3:5 cross-reference

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...

Isaiah 3:14 cross-reference

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.

Luke 19:46 cross-reference

Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Isaiah 33:15 cross-reference

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...

Deuteronomy 16:19 cross-reference

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.

Proverbs 17:23 cross-reference

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Proverbs 29:24 cross-reference

Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

Jeremiah 22:17 cross-reference

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.

Hosea 9:15 cross-reference

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.

Matthew 21:13 cross-reference

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.

Hosea 4:18 cross-reference

Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

2 Chronicles 36:14 cross-reference

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.

Mark 11:17 cross-reference

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.

Jeremiah 5:5 cross-reference

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.

Micah 3:11 cross-reference

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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