Isaías 1:23

23 Tus gobernantes son rebeldes,cómplices de ladrones;todos aman el sobornoy van detrás de las prebendas.No abogan por el huérfano,ni se ocupan de la causa de la viuda.

Isaías 1:23 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes [are] rebellious
Stubborn and obstinate, refused to receive and acknowledge the Messiah; such were the Jewish rulers, civil and ecclesiastical, in the times of Christ. And companions of thieves:
who devoured widows' houses; made the temple, which was a house of prayer, a den of thieves; and took away the key of knowledge from the people, and would not suffer them to attend the ministry of the Gospel, ( Matthew 21:13 ) ( Matthew 23:13 Matthew 23:14 ) ( Luke 11:52 ) everyone loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards.
The Targum paraphrases it,

``everyone says to his neighbour, do me a favour in my cause, I will return "it" to thee in thy cause;''

and so justice was perverted: they judge not the fatherless;
that is, either they do not take their cause in hand at all, or, if they do, do not do them justice, but wrong them of their goods and estates, which, of right, belong to them: neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them;
there being no money to be got by undertaking it; see the case of the unjust judge, a picture of judges in those times, ( Luke 18:2 Luke 18:3 ) .

Isaías 1:23 In-Context

21 ¡Cómo se ha prostituido la ciudad fiel!Antes estaba llena de justicia.La rectitud moraba en ella,pero ahora solo quedan asesinos.

22 Tu plata se ha convertido en escoria;tu buen vino, en agua.

23 Tus gobernantes son rebeldes,cómplices de ladrones;todos aman el sobornoy van detrás de las prebendas.No abogan por el huérfano,ni se ocupan de la causa de la viuda.

24 Por eso afirma el Señor,el SEÑOR Todopoderoso,el Fuerte de Israel:«Me desquitaré de mis adversarios,me vengaré de mis enemigos.

25 Volveré mi mano contra ti,limpiaré tus escorias con lejíay quitaré todas tus impurezas.