Isaias 1:23

Filipino Cebuano Bible

23 Ang imong mga principe mga masinuklanon, ug mga kauban sa mga kawatan; ang tagsatagsa nahigugma sa mga hiphip, ug nagatinguha sa mga balus: wala nila pagahatagi ug justicia ang mga ilo, ni ang mga sumbong sa balo nga babaye modangat kanila.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

princes: Isaiah 3:14, 2 Chronicles 24:17-21, 2 Chronicles 36:14, Jeremiah 5:5, Ezekiel 22:6-12, Daniel 9:5, Daniel 9:6, Hosea 7:3-5, Hosea 9:15, Micah 3:1-3, Micah 3:11, Acts 4:5-11

companions: Proverbs 29:24, Matthew 21:13, Mark 11:17, Luke 19:46

every: Isaiah 33:15, Exodus 23:8, Deuteronomy 16:19, Proverbs 17:23, Jeremiah 22:17, Ezekiel 22:12, Hosea 4:18, Micah 7:3

they judge: Isaiah 10:1, Isaiah 10:2, Jeremiah 5:28, Jeremiah 5:29, Zechariah 7:10, Malachi 3:5, Luke 18:2-5

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:22 - General Deuteronomy 24:17 - pervert Deuteronomy 25:1 - General 2 Chronicles 19:7 - let the Job 22:9 - widows Psalms 68:5 - a judge Psalms 82:3 - Defend Proverbs 21:7 - robbery Proverbs 31:9 - General Ecclesiastes 7:7 - a gift Isaiah 1:4 - Ah sinful Isaiah 1:5 - the whole Isaiah 1:17 - seek Isaiah 5:23 - for reward Isaiah 32:7 - instruments Jeremiah 17:11 - he that Jeremiah 22:3 - do no violence Jeremiah 32:32 - they Ezekiel 11:1 - Pelatiah Ezekiel 12:2 - thou Ezekiel 22:27 - princes Amos 5:7 - turn Amos 5:12 - take Micah 3:9 - that Micah 6:12 - the rich Zephaniah 3:3 - princes Zechariah 12:5 - the governors Acts 24:26 - hoped 1 Corinthians 6:10 - thieves 1 Thessalonians 4:6 - the Lord 1 Timothy 6:10 - the love

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thy princes [are] rebellious,.... Stubborn and obstinate, refused to receive and acknowledge the Messiah; such were the Jewish rulers, civil and ecclesiastical, in the times of Christ.

And companions of thieves: who devoured widows' houses; made the temple, which was a house of prayer, a den of thieves; and took away the key of knowledge from the people, and would not suffer them to attend the ministry of the Gospel, Matthew 21:13

everyone loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards. The Targum paraphrases it,

"everyone says to his neighbour, do me a favour in my cause, I will return "it" to thee in thy cause;''

and so justice was perverted:

they judge not the fatherless; that is, either they do not take their cause in hand at all, or, if they do, do not do them justice, but wrong them of their goods and estates, which, of right, belong to them:

neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them; there being no money to be got by undertaking it; see the case of the unjust judge, a picture of judges in those times, Luke 18:2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy princes ... - This is an explanation of the previous verse. Princes mean here those attached to the royal family; those who by rank, or office, had an influence over the people.

Rebellious - Against God. The corruption of a nation commonly begins with the rulers.

Companions of thieves - That is, they connive at the doings of robbers; they do not bring them to justice; they are their accomplices, and are easily bribed to acquit them.

Every one loveth gifts - Every magistrate can be bribed.

Followeth afar rewards - רדף rodēph. This word denotes the act of pursuing after in order to obtain something; and means here that they made it an object to obtain rewards by selling or betraying justice They sell justice to the highest bidder. No more distressing condition of a people can be conceived than this, where justice could not be secured between man and man, and where the wicked could oppress the poor, the widow, and the orphan, as much as they pleased, because they knew they could bribe the judge.

They judge not - They do not render justice to; Isaiah 1:17. The Chaldee has well expressed the sense of a part of this verse: ‘They say, each one to his neighbor, Favour me in my judgment, or do me good in it, and I will recompense you in your cause.’

The cause of the widow come unto them - Or, rather, come before them. They would not take up her cause, but rather the cause of those who were esteemed able to offer a bribe, and from whom a gift might be expected, if a decision was made in their favor.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 1:23. Companions of thieves - "Associates"] The Septuagint, Vulgate, and four MSS., read חברי chabrey without the conjunction ו vau.