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Your silver is become dross, your wine mixed with water.
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From Precious to Worthless
Commentators agree that the images of silver turning to dross (worthless slag) and pure wine being diluted with water are powerful metaphors for corruption. They signify that what was once pure, valuable, and strong within the nation had become debased, weak, and worthless.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Your silver - The sentiment in this verse, as it is explained by the following, is that your princes and people have become corrupt and poll…
19th Century
Anglican
Thy silver is become dross...—The two images describe the degeneracy of the rulers to whose neglect this disorder was due…
16th Century
Protestant
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water. Isaiah speaks metaphorically and, by two comparisons, shows here that although the …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Your silver is become dross Meaning either that such persons, who had the appearance of goodness, looked like genuin…
Neither holy cities nor royal ones are faithful to their trust if religion does not dwell in them. Dross may shine like silver, and wine that is mi…
13th Century
Catholic
How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? Here, the prophet shows their sin of turning away from jus…
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