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22 Your silver has[a] become dross,
    your best wine is diluted with water.
23 Your princes are rebels
    and companions of thieves.
All of them are lovers of[b] bribes
    and are runners[c] after gifts.
They don’t bring justice to orphans,[d]
    and the widow’s case never comes up for review in their court.”[e]

Restoration and Redemption

24 Therefore this is what the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies,
    the one who is Israel’s Mighty One, declares:

“Now I’ll get relief from his[f] enemies
    and avenge myself on his[g] foes.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:22 So MT; 1QIsaa reads have
  2. Isaiah 1:23 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads Everyone loves
  3. Isaiah 1:23 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads and run
  4. Isaiah 1:23 Or to the fatherless
  5. Isaiah 1:23 Lit. comes before them
  6. Isaiah 1:24 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsaf MT LXX Vulgate read my
  7. Isaiah 1:24 So 1QIsaa; LXX MT read my