The Faithful City a Harlot
Isaiah 1:21
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.


A dirge in dirge metre over Jerusalem. "Harlot" is unfaithful wife. In Isaiah "unfaithfulness" is declension from social and civil righteousness.

(A. B. Davidson, LL. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

WEB: How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.




Spiritual Harlotry
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