KJV King James Version
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
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Isaiah 1:22
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.
WEB World English Bible
Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.
ASV American Standard Version
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 1
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].
21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
23 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.
24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
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Lamentations 4:1-2How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.Hosea 4:18Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers [with] shame do love, Give ye.Ezekiel 22:18-22Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they [are] brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are [even] the dross of silver.Jeremiah 6:28-30They [are] all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: [they are] brass and iron; they [are] all corrupters.2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.Hosea 6:4O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness [is] as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
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