How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. Treasury of Scripture the faithful Isaiah 48:2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. Nehemiah 11:1 And the rulers of the people dwelled at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots... Psalm 46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. Psalm 48:1,8 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness... Hosea 11:12 Ephraim compasses me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet rules with God... Zechariah 8:3 Thus said the LORD; I am returned to Zion, and will dwell in the middle of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth... Hebrews 12:22 But you are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, become Jeremiah 2:20,21 For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bands; and you said, I will not transgress... Jeremiah 3:1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return to her again?... Lamentations 1:8,9 Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes... Ezekiel 16:1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Ezekiel 22:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Ezekiel 23:1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kill the prophets, and stone them that are sent to you... Revelation 11:2,8 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given to the Gentiles... it was full Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment... 2 Samuel 8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice to all his people. 2 Chronicles 19:9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall you do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. Ezekiel 22:3-7 Then say you, Thus said the Lord GOD, The city sheds blood in the middle of it, that her time may come... Micah 3:2,3 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones... Zephaniah 3:1-3 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!... Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One...
Context Zion Corrupted
21How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. 22Your silver is become dross, your wine mixed with water: 23Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them. 24Therefore said the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of my adversaries, and avenge me of my enemies: 25And I will turn my hand on you, and purely purge away your dross, and take away all your tin: 26And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counsellors as at the beginning: afterward you shall be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. 27Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. 28And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. 29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen. 30For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water. 31And the strong shall be as wick, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Douay-Rheims Bible
How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers.
Darby Bible Translation
How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness used to lodge in it, but now murderers.
King James Bible
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Young's Literal Translation
How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it with judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it -- now murderers.
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