Isaiah 1:22 “Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.”

Isaiah 1:22

Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

World English Bible

Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.

American Standard Version

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thy siluer is become drosse: thy wine is mixt with water.

Darby Translation

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine is mixed with water:

Young's Literal Translation

Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.

Bible in Basic English

Your silver is no longer true metal, your wine is mixed with water.

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Cross references

“silver”

Jeremiah 6:28–30 Ezekiel 22:18–22 Hosea 6:4 Lamentations 4:1 Lamentations 4:2

Jeremiah 6:28–30 · BSB

All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

Ezekiel 22:18–22 · BSB

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.

Hosea 6:4 · BSB

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim ? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

Lamentations 4:1 · BSB

How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

Lamentations 4:2 · BSB

How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

“wine”

Hosea 4:18 2 Corinthians 2:17

Hosea 4:18 · BSB

When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

2 Corinthians 2:17 · BSB

For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

Read Isaiah 1