Isaiah 1:21 meaning and explanation

See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

Isaiah 1:21, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah speaks God's lament over Jerusalem. The city once called faithful, where justice and righteousness lived, has become like a harlot, a Hebrew image for covenant unfaithfulness, turning from God to other loyalties.

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