Isaiah 1:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Upright acts will be the price of Zion's forgiveness, and by righteousness will men be living there.

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  • Isa 5:16 : 16 But the Lord of armies is lifted up as judge, and the Holy God is seen to be holy in righteousness.
  • Isa 45:21-25 : 21 Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other. 22 Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other. 23 By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour. 24 Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction. 25 In the Lord will all the seed of Israel get their rights, and they will give glory to him.
  • Isa 62:12 : 12 And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.
  • Isa 63:4 : 4 For the day of punishment is in my heart, and the year for the payment of the price for my people has come.
  • Rom 3:24-26 : 24 And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment; 26 And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.
  • Rom 11:26-27 : 26 And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob: 27 And this is my agreement with them, when I will take away their sins.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
  • Eph 1:7-8 : 7 In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace, 8 Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
  • 1 Pet 1:18-19 : 18 Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction, 19 But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:

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    26 And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.

  • Isa 59:20
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    20 And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord.

  • Obad 1:17
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    17 But in Mount Zion some will be kept safe, and it will be holy; and the children of Jacob will take their heritage.

  • Obad 1:21
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    21 And those who have been kept safe will come up from Mount Zion to be judges of the mountain of Esau; and the kingdom will be the Lord's.

  • Isa 56:1
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    1 The Lord says, Let your way of life be upright, and let your behaviour be rightly ordered: for my salvation is near, and my righteousness will quickly be seen.

  • Isa 33:5
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    5 The Lord is lifted up; his place is on high: he has made Zion full of righteousness and true religion.

  • Mic 3:10
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    10 They are building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil-doing.

  • Jer 33:15-16
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    15 In those days and at that time, I will let a Branch of righteousness come up for David; and he will be a judge in righteousness in the land.

    16 In those days, Judah will have salvation and Jerusalem will be safe: and this is the name which will be given to her: The Lord is our righteousness.

  • Isa 1:28
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    28 But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.

  • Jer 51:10
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    10 The Lord has made clear our righteousness: come, and let us give an account in Zion of the work of the Lord our God.

  • Ps 94:15
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    15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

  • Ps 97:8
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    8 Zion gave ear and was glad; and the daughters of Judah were full of joy, because of your decisions, O Lord.

  • Ps 72:2-3
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    2 May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

    3 May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness.

  • Isa 35:10
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    10 Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.

  • Ps 48:11
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    11 Let there be joy in the mountain of Zion, and let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of your wise decisions.

  • Isa 62:11-12
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    11 The Lord has sent out word to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your saviour comes; those whom he has made free are with him, and those to whom he has given salvation go before him.

    12 And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.

  • Isa 1:21
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    21 The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.

  • Mic 4:7
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    7 And I will make her whose steps were uncertain a small band, and her who was feeble a strong nation: and the Lord will be their King in Mount Zion from now and for ever.

  • Isa 62:1
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    1 Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.

  • Isa 4:3-4
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    3 And it will come about that the rest of the living in Zion, and of those who have been kept from destruction in Jerusalem, will be named holy, even everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem:

    4 When Zion has been washed from her sin by the Lord, and Jerusalem made clean from her blood by a judging and a burning wind.

  • Isa 46:13
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    13 My righteousness is near, it is not far off; salvation will come quickly; and I will make Zion free, and give Israel my glory.

  • Ps 69:35
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    35 For God will be the saviour of Zion, and the builder of the towns of Judah; so that it may be their resting-place and heritage.

  • Isa 52:8-9
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    8 The voice of your watchmen! their voices are loud in song together; for they will see him, eye to eye, when the Lord comes back to Zion.

    9 Give sounds of joy, make melody together, waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has given comfort to his people, he has taken up the cause of Jerusalem.

  • Ps 130:8
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    8 And he will make Israel free from all his sins.

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    25 In the Lord will all the seed of Israel get their rights, and they will give glory to him.

  • Isa 51:11
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    11 Those whom the Lord has made free will come back with songs to Zion; and on their heads will be eternal joy: delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.

  • Isa 34:8
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    8 For it is the day of the Lord's punishment, when he gives payment for the wrongs done to Zion.

  • Joel 3:21
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    21 And the Lord will be thundering from Zion, and his voice will be sounding from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will be shaking: but the Lord will be a breastplate for his people and a strong place for the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 19:31
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    31 For from Jerusalem those who have been kept safe will go out, and those who are still living will go out of Mount Zion: by the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.

  • Ps 9:8
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    8 And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

  • Isa 14:32
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    32 What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.

  • Isa 32:16
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    16 Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.

  • Lam 4:22
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    22 The punishment of your evil-doing is complete, O daughter of Zion; never again will he take you away as a prisoner: he will give you the reward of your evil-doing, O daughter of Edom; he will let your sin be uncovered.

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    4 The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

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    7 May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! when the fate of his people is changed by the Lord, Jacob will have joy and Israel will be glad.

  • Isa 1:17
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    17 Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

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    14 And the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

  • Ps 37:6
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    6 And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.

  • Lam 1:18
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    18 The Lord is upright; for I have gone against his orders: give ear, now, all you peoples, and see my pain, my virgins and my young men have gone away as prisoners.

  • Isa 37:32
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    32 For from Jerusalem those who have been kept safe will go out, and those who are still living will go out of Mount Zion: by the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.

  • Isa 51:5
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    5 Suddenly will my righteousness come near, and my salvation will be shining out like the light; the sea-lands will be waiting for me, and they will put their hope in my strong arm.

  • Mic 3:12
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    12 For this reason, Zion will be ploughed like a field because of you, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like a high place in the woods.

  • Zeph 3:14
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    14 Make melody, O daughter of Zion; give a loud cry, O Israel; be glad and let your heart be full of joy, O daughter of Jerusalem.

  • Zech 2:7
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    7 And the angel who was talking to me went out, and another angel went out, and, meeting him,

  • Isa 60:21
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    21 Your people will all be upright, the land will be their heritage for ever; the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, to be for my glory.