Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
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.
Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- princes
- Isaiah 3:14; 2 Chronicles 24:17–21; 2 Chronicles 36:14; Jeremiah 5:5; Ezekiel 22:6–12; Daniel 9:5, 6; Hosea 7:3–5; Hosea 9:15; Micah 3:1–3, 11; Acts 4:5–11
- companions
- Proverbs 29:24; Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46
- every
- Isaiah 33:15; Exodus 23:8; Deuteronomy 16:19; Proverbs 17:23; Jeremiah 22:17; Ezekiel 22:12; Hosea 4:18; Micah 7:3
- they judge
- Isaiah 10:1, 2; Jeremiah 5:28, 29; Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5; Luke 18:2–5