Verse Lens · Context pointer
Isaiah 1:23 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 23. 23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves” at Isaiah 1:23 as a specific part of “The Faithful City Must Be Purged of Violence and Bribery.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 1:21–31
Keep Isaiah 1:23 with the thought unit titled “The Faithful City Must Be Purged of Violence and Bribery.” The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves” at Isaiah 1:23 as a specific part of “The Faithful City Must Be Purged of Violence and Bribery.” The relevant historical horizon and literary form govern its use.
Why It Needs Context
The verse is a premise, action, image, response, or transition within Isaiah 1:21–31, not an independent maxim. The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves” at Isaiah 1:23 as a specific part of “The Faithful City Must Be Purged of Violence and Bribery.”
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Isaiah 1:21–31 — The Faithful City Must Be Purged of Violence and BriberySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 1:21–31, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 1:21–31 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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