Isaiah 1:4
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. The book opens with a divine lawsuit against Judah: they are a rebellious nation that has forsaken the Lord. The temple worship is an abomination when practiced alongside injustice. The choice between obedience and rebellion is framed as scarlet sins …
Autres traductions
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and gone backward.
Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy <FI>with<Fi> iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons--corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward.
O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.
Références croisées
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce …
Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made …
And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and …
And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken …
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, …
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.