Jesaja 1:22

22 Dein Silber ist zu Schlacken geworden, dein edler Wein mit Wasser verdünnt.

Jesaja 1:22 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 1:22

Thy silver is become dross
Meaning either that such persons, who had the appearance of goodness, looked like genuine silver, were now become reprobate, and, as the wicked of the earth, like dross, ( Jeremiah 6:30 ) ( Psalms 119:119 ) or that the word of God, which is as silver purified seven times, was now corrupted with false glosses and human traditions, which were as dross: thy wine mixed with water
^F13; the wine of the divine word, which was mixed and blended with the inventions of men, as before; so the roof of the church's mouth, which is no other than the ministry of the word, is compared to the best wine, ( Song of Solomon 7:9 Song of Solomon 7:11 ) .

---

FOOTNOTES:

F13 It being usual to mix water with wine, and drink it, and this being not at all reproachful, but commendable, Gussetius thinks such a version does not express the sense of the words; he therefore thinks that (lhm) is the same as (llwhm) contracted, which signified "infatuated"; and so the words should be rendered, "thy wine is infatuated into water"; is degenerated, and has lost its spirit and sprightliness, and is become insipid and tasteless. So Jarchi mentions a Midrash, which interprets it by the same word in ( Ecclesiastes 2:2 ) . It is a word only used in this place. Joseph Kimchi says that <arabic> in the Arabic, language has the signification of mixture, but without giving any instance. Indeed, according to Castel, it is used for the lees of oil.

Jesaja 1:22 In-Context

20 Wenn ihr euch aber weigert und widerspenstig seid, so sollt ihr vom Schwerte verzehrt werden. Denn der Mund Jehovas hat geredet.

21 Wie ist zur Hure geworden die treue Stadt! Sie war voll Recht, Gerechtigkeit weilte darin, und jetzt Mörder!

22 Dein Silber ist zu Schlacken geworden, dein edler Wein mit Wasser verdünnt.

23 Deine Fürsten sind Widerspenstige und Diebsgesellen, ein jeder von ihnen liebt Geschenke und jagt nach Belohnungen; der Waise schaffen sie nicht Recht, und der Witwe Sache kommt nicht vor sie.

24 Darum spricht der Herr, Jehova der Heerscharen, der Mächtige Israels: Ha! Ich werde mich letzen an meinen Widersachern und Rache nehmen an meinen Feinden.