God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 1:27
27Zion will be pardoned by ⌞the Lord’s⌟ justice, and those who return will be pardoned by ⌞the Lord’s⌟ righteousness.
Isaiah 1:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
- New International Version (NIV)Zion will be delivered with justice, her penitent ones with righteousness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Zion shall be redeemed with justice, And her penitents with righteousness.
Context of Isaiah 1:27
25I will turn my power against you. I will remove your impurities with bleach. I will get rid of all your impurities. 26I will give you judges like you had long ago, advisers like you had in the beginning. After that you will be called the Righteous City, the Faithful Town.” Zion will be pardoned by ⌞the Lord’s⌟ justice, and those who return will be pardoned by ⌞the Lord’s⌟ righteousness. 28Rebels and sinners will be crushed at the same time, and those who abandon the Lord will come to an end. 29You will be ashamed of the oaks that you wanted to worship and embarrassed by the garden that you have chosen for your gods.
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צִיּ֖וֹן בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט תִּפָּדֶ֑ה וְשָׁבֶ֖יהָ בִּצְדָקָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 1:27
- Isaiah 5:16The Lord of Armies will be honored when he judges. The holy God will show himself to be holy when he does what is right.
- Isaiah 45:21Speak and present your case. Yes, let them consult one another. Who revealed this in the distant past and predicted it long ago? Wasn’t it I, the Lord? There is no other God except me. There is no other righteous God and Savior besides me.
- Romans 3:24They receive God’s approval freely by an act of his kindness through the price Christ Jesus paid to set us free ⌞from sin⌟.
- Romans 11:26In this way Israel as a whole will be saved, as Scripture says, “The Savior will come from Zion. He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21God had Christ, who was sinless, take our sin so that we might receive God’s approval through him.
- Ephesians 1:7Through the blood of his Son, we are set free from our sins. God forgives our failures because of his overflowing kindness.
- 1 Peter 1:18Realize that you weren’t set free from the worthless life handed down to you from your ancestors by a payment of silver or gold which can be destroyed.
- 1 Corinthians 1:30You are partners with Christ Jesus because of God. Jesus has become our wisdom sent from God, our approval, our holiness, and our ransom from sin.
Commentaries on Isaiah 1:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27With judgment "In judgment" - By the exercise of God's strict justice in destroying the obdurate, (see Isaiah 1:28;), and delivering the penitent in righteousness; by the truth and faithfulness of God in performing his promises."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Zion - See the note at Isaiah 1:8. The word Zion here is used to designate the whole Jewish people to whom the prophet had reference; that is, the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem, Isaiah 1:1. Shall be redeemed - The word used here - פדה pâdâh - is employed in two senses in the Scriptures. It implies always the idea of deliverance, as from captivity, danger, punishment, slavery, sin. But this idea occurs: (1) sometimes without any reference to a price…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-31Verses 21-31 Neither holy cities nor royal ones are faithful to their trust, if religion does not dwell in them. Dross may shine like silver, and the wine that is mixed with water may still have the colour of wine. Those have a great deal to answer for, who do not help the oppressed, but oppress them. Men may do much by outward restraints; but only God works effectually by the influences of his Spirit, as a Spirit of Judgment. Sin is the worst captivity…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27Here, Zion refers to the remnant (the small group who remain faithful) within the community. Only those who repent (turn away from sin) would receive God’s salvation and cleansing. They would live in his presence. Zion was meant to be a strong place of justice and righteousness. God loves what is right. He expected the covenant community (the people bound to him by promises) to reflect his holy standards in the way they lived.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. redeemed--temporarily, civilly, and morally; type of the spiritual redemption by the price of Jesus Christ's blood (1Pe 1:18, 19), the foundation of "judgment" and "righteousness," and so of pardon. The judgment and righteousness are God's first (Is 42:21; Ro 3:26); so they become man's when "converted" (Ro 8:3, 4); typified in the display of God's "justice," then exhibited in delivering His covenant-people, whereby justice or "righteousness" was…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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