Isaiah 1:26

Isaiah 1:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
• New International Version (NIV)I will restore your leaders as in days of old, your rulers as at the beginning. Afterward you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city."
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”

Context of Isaiah 1:26

24Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies, the powerful ruler of Israel, says this: “Ah, I will seek vengeance against my adversaries, I will take revenge against my enemies. 25I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag. I will reestablish honest judges as in former times, wise advisers as in earlier days. Then you will be called, ‘The Just City, Faithful Town.’” 27Zion will be freed by justice, and her returnees by righteousness. 28All rebellious sinners will be shattered, those who abandon the Lord will perish.

Isaiah 1:26 word by word

וְאָשִׁ֤יבָה שֹׁפְטַ֙יִךְ֙ כְּבָרִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔ה וְיֹעֲצַ֖יִךְ כְּבַתְּחִלָּ֑ה אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן יִקָּ֤רֵא לָךְ֙ עִ֣יר הַצֶּ֔דֶק קִרְיָ֖ה נֶאֱמָנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will restoreשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• thy judgesשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• as at the firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• and thy counsellorsיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• as at the beginningתְּחִלָּהtechillâh · beginningH8462
• afterwardאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• thou shalt be calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• The cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of righteousnessצֶ֫דֶקtsedeq · righteousnessH6664
• the faithfulאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
• cityקִרְיָהqiryâh · townH7151

Cross-references for Isaiah 1:26

• Isaiah 32:1Look, a king will promote fairness; officials will promote justice.
• Isaiah 60:17Instead of bronze, I will bring you gold, instead of iron, I will bring you silver, instead of wood, I will bring you bronze, instead of stones, I will bring you iron. I will make prosperity your overseer, and vindication your sovereign ruler.
• Numbers 12:3(Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth.)
• Numbers 16:15Moses was very angry, and he said to the Lord, “Have no respect for their offering! I have not taken so much as one donkey from them, nor have I harmed any one of them!”
• 1 Samuel 12:2Now look! This king walks before you. As for me, I am old and gray, though my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from the time of my youth till the present day.
• Jeremiah 33:7I will restore Judah and Israel and will rebuild them as they were in days of old.
• Ezekiel 34:23I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them – namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd.
• Ezekiel 37:24“‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my regulations and carefully observe my statutes.
• Ezekiel 45:8of the land. This will be his property in Israel. My princes will no longer oppress my people, but the land will be allotted to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
• Isaiah 1:21How tragic that the once-faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murderers.
• Isaiah 60:21All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.
• Isaiah 62:1“For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch.”
• Jeremiah 31:23The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “I will restore the people of Judah to their land and to their towns. When I do, they will again say of Jerusalem, ‘May the Lord bless you, you holy mountain, the place where righteousness dwells.’
• Zephaniah 3:9Know for sure that I will then enable the nations to give me acceptable praise. All of them will invoke the Lord’s name when they pray, and will worship him in unison.
• Zechariah 8:8And I will bring them to settle within Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and righteousness.’
• Revelation 21:27but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Commentaries on Isaiah 1:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26I will restore - "This," says Kimchi, "shall be in the days of the Messiah, in which all the wicked shall cease, and the remnant of Israel shall neither do iniquity, nor speak lies." What a change must this be among Jews! Afterward "And after this" - The Septuagint, Syriac, Chaldee, and eighteen MSS., and one of my own, very ancient, add the conjunction ו vau, And.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26And I will restore … - That is, I will give you such judges as the nation had in former days - in the times of Moses, Joshua, etc. Most of the charges in this chapter are against the magistrates. The calamities of the nation are traced to their unfaithfulness and corruption, Isaiah 1:17-23. God now says that he will remove this cause of their calamity, and give them pure magistrates. Thy counselors - Thy advisers; that is, those occupying places of trust…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. 26The restoration of the community would include new leaders. These leaders would uphold justice instead of twisting it (see Isaiah 1:23). Jerusalem would once again be like pure silver (see Isaiah:22). The city would again be called the City of Righteousness and the Faithful City.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. As the degeneracy had shown itself most in the magistrates (Is 1:17-23), so, at the "restoration," these shall be such as the theocracy "at the first" had contemplated, namely, after the Babylonish restoration in part and typically, but fully and antitypically under Messiah (Is 32:1; 52:8; Jr 33:7; Mt 19:28). faithful--no longer "an harlot."Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 1:26

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Church
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

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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