The Meaning of Isaiah 1:22 Explained

Isaiah 1:22

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

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

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

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 1:22?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 1:22 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 1:22 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 1:22?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Isaiah 1:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 1:21-31 - A Nation Purged Of Dross By Disaster
The great lover of our souls does not abandon His people even when they spurn the first overtures of His appealing pity. Though they refuse to yield to them, He refuses to cast them off; and sets Himself by the cleansing judgments of His providence to wean them from the evil ways they have chosen and to win them back to Himself. If only Jerusalem had now listened to Isaiah's earnest pleadings, she would never have been carried away into the seventy years' captivity in a land of strangers. This is the cleansing fire referred to in Isaiah 1:25. Their ground of confidence, whether in themselves or their allies, would be destroyed, Isaiah 1:29-30; the ringleaders of the evil which had brought them to desolation would be exterminated; and there would emerge a new and purified people as in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. Let us thank God for the cleansing fires in national and personal experience. Let us not fear them when plied by the hand of love. See Malachi 3:3 and John 15:2-3. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 1

1  Isaiah complains of Judah for her rebellion
5  He laments her judgments
10  He upbraids their whole service
16  He exhorts to repentance, with promises and threats
21  Bewailing their wickedness, he denounces God's judgments
25  He promises grace
28  And threatens destruction to the wicked

What do the individual words in Isaiah 1:22 mean?

Your silver has become dross Your wine mixed with water
כַּסְפֵּ֖ךְ הָיָ֣ה לְסִיגִ֑ים סָבְאֵ֖ךְ מָה֥וּל בַּמָּֽיִם

כַּסְפֵּ֖ךְ  Your  silver 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person feminine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
הָיָ֣ה  has  become 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לְסִיגִ֑ים  dross 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural
Root: סוּג 
Sense: a moving back or away.
סָבְאֵ֖ךְ  Your  wine 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person feminine singular
Root: סׄבֶא  
Sense: drink, liquor, wine.
מָה֥וּל  mixed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: מָהַל  
Sense: to circumcise, weaken, cut down.
בַּמָּֽיִם  with  water 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.

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