Isaiah

Isaiah 1:17

17Learn to do right;

seek justice and correct the oppressor.c

Defend the fatherless

and plead the case of the widow.”

Footnotes

  • c 1:17 Or and encourage the oppressed

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Learnלִמְד֥וּlim·ḏūVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralH3925 exercise in, learn
to do rightהֵיטֵ֛בhê·ṭêḇVerb - Hifil - Infinitive absoluteH3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing
seekדִּרְשׁ֥וּdir·šūVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralH1875 resort to, seek
justiceמִשְׁפָּ֖טmiš·pāṭNoun - masculine singularH4941 judgment
correctאַשְּׁר֣וּ’aš·šə·rūVerb - Piel - Imperative - masculine pluralH833 go straight, go on, advance
the oppressorחָמ֑וֹץḥā·mō·wṣNoun - masculine singularH2541 the ruthless
Defendשִׁפְט֣וּšip̄·ṭūVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralH8199 judge, govern
the fatherlessיָת֔וֹםyā·ṯō·wmNoun - masculine singularH3490 orphan
plead the caseרִ֖יבוּrî·ḇūVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralH7378 strive, contend
of the widowאַלְמָנָֽה׃ס’al·mā·nāhNoun - feminine singularH490 widow

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Micah 6:8 · Jeremiah 22:3 · Psalm 82:3–4 · Proverbs 31:9 · Isaiah 1:23 · Zechariah 7:9–10 · Jeremiah 22:15–16 · Zechariah 8:16 · Daniel 4:27 · Zephaniah 2:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.