Isaiah 1:21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. It is not merely gross outward idolatry, that makes the Church of God a "harlot," but the defection of the heart, however this may, at any time, express itself; for which reason Jesus also could call the generation of His time γενεὰ μοιχαλίς, in spite of the strict worship of Jehovah carried on in the Pharisaic spirit. For, as shown by the verse before us, the basis of that marriage-relation was justice and righteousness in the widest sense. (F. Delitzsch.) Parallel Verses KJV: How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. |
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