Isaiah 5:23 meaning and explanation
who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
Isaiah 5:23, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah has just pronounced a series of woes on Judah's wealthy and powerful, and this verse names two specific abuses. The Hebrew uses a word for a gift or bribe that perverts judgment, and the second line describes taking away the "righteousness," the just cause, of those who have done nothing wrong.
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