“Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don’t judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.”
— WEB
Isaiah 1:23
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“Thy 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.”
— KJV
“Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.”
— ASV
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Commentary
companions of thieves--by connivance (Pro 29:24). gifts-- (Eze 22:12). A nation's corruption begins with its rulers.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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