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Once so pure, you are now like watered-down wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Your silver has become dross, your best wine mixed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your silver has become waste matter, Your drink diluted with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Your silver has become dross, Your drink diluted with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Your silver has become dross, Your drink diluted with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Your silver has become dross, Your drink diluted with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Your silver has turned to lead, Your wine is diluted with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your silver has become dross to be discarded, your beer is diluted with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your silver has become dross, your beer is diluted with water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your silver is fake, and your wine is watered down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Your silver is not pure. Your wine is watered down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Jerusalem, you were once like silver, but now you are worthless; you were like good wine, but now you are only water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Your silver has become dross, your best wine is diluted with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Your silver has become scum, your beer is diluted with water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Your silver has become dross, "" Your drink defiled with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thy silver was for dross, thy wine adulterated with water.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thy silver is turned into dress: thy wine is mingled with water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Your silver has turned into dross. Your wine has been mixed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Your silver is turned to dross, your wine is mixed with water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Your silver has become dross, your wine is mixed with water.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Your silver is rejected; your tavern wines are mixed with water<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thy silver is become dross, Thy wine mixed with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Your silver is worthless, thy wine merchants mix the wine with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/1-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=244" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/1.htm">The Corruption of Zion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21</span>See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers! <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: kas·pêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">Your silver</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">has become</a> <a href="/hebrew/5509.htm" title="5509: lə·sî·ḡîm (Prep-l:: N-mp) -- A moving back or away, dross. Or cuwg; from cuwg in the sense of refuse; scoria.">dross;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5435.htm" title="5435: sā·ḇə·’êḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- A drink, liquor. From caba'; potation, concretely, or abstractly.">your fine wine</a> <a href="/hebrew/4107.htm" title="4107: mā·hūl (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To circumcise, weaken. A primitive root; properly, to cut down or reduce, i.e. By implication, to adulterate.">is diluted</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: bam·mā·yim (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">with water.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-30.htm">Jeremiah 6:30</a></span><br />They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Ezekiel 22:18-19</a></span><br />“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver. / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Hosea 4:18</a></span><br />When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-1.htm">Lamentations 4:1</a></span><br />How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/25-4.htm">Proverbs 25:4</a></span><br />Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-3.htm">Malachi 3:3</a></span><br />And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Jeremiah 2:21</a></span><br />I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Ezekiel 22:20</a></span><br />Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-1.htm">Zephaniah 3:1-4</a></span><br />Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! / She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God. / Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-6.htm">Amos 8:6</a></span><br />Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-7.htm">1 Peter 1:7</a></span><br />so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/3-18.htm">Revelation 3:18</a></span><br />I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-12.htm">1 Corinthians 3:12-13</a></span><br />If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, / his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-3</a></span><br />Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Your silver is become dross, your wine mixed with water:</p><p class="hdg">silver</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-28.htm">Jeremiah 6:28-30</a></b></br> They <i>are</i> all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: <i>they are</i> brass and iron; they <i>are</i> all corrupters… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/4-1.htm">Lamentations 4:1,2</a></b></br> How is the gold become dim! <i>how</i> is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Ezekiel 22:18-22</a></b></br> Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they <i>are</i> brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are <i>even</i> the dross of silver… </p><p class="hdg">wine</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Hosea 4:18</a></b></br> Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers <i>with</i> shame do love, Give ye.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/2-17.htm">2 Corinthians 2:17</a></b></br> For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/songs/7-13.htm">Choice</a> <a href="/songs/8-2.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-23.htm">Dross</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-11.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/psalms/119-119.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/songs/7-2.htm">Mixed</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-26.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/songs/8-11.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-10.htm">True.</a> <a href="/songs/8-7.htm">Water</a> <a href="/songs/8-2.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/16-8.htm">Choice</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-25.htm">Dross</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-8.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-7.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-22.htm">Mixed</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-7.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-26.htm">True.</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-30.htm">Water</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/1-1.htm">Isaiah complains of Judah for her rebellion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">He laments her judgments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">He upbraids their whole service</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">He exhorts to repentance, with promises and threats</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Bewailing their wickedness, he denounces God's judgments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/1-25.htm">He promises grace</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/1-28.htm">And threatens destruction to the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The imagery of silver becoming dross signifies a loss of value and purity. Dross is the waste material that is separated from metals during the refining process, representing impurity and worthlessness. This phrase metaphorically describes the moral and spiritual decay of the people of Judah. The prophet Isaiah is addressing the nation’s corruption and departure from righteousness. The imagery of silver turning to dross is also found in other scriptures, such as <a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Ezekiel 22:18-19</a>, where God speaks of Israel as dross in the midst of a furnace, indicating judgment and purification. This reflects the need for repentance and a return to God’s standards.<p><b>your fine wine is diluted with water.</b><br>Wine in ancient Israel was a symbol of joy, blessing, and abundance. Fine wine, in particular, would have been associated with quality and richness. Diluting wine with water was a practice that reduced its quality and strength, symbolizing a decline in standards and integrity. This phrase highlights the moral compromise and spiritual dilution among the people. The dilution of wine can be seen as a metaphor for the people’s compromised worship and ethical standards, as they mixed true devotion to God with idolatry and injustice. This imagery is echoed in other parts of scripture, such as in <a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Hosea 4:11</a>, where wine and new wine are said to take away understanding, indicating the loss of discernment and wisdom. The call is for the people to return to a pure and undiluted faith, reflecting the holiness and righteousness of God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book bearing his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which Isaiah addresses in his prophecies. Judah was experiencing corruption and idolatry during Isaiah's ministry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, often symbolizing the spiritual state of the nation. Isaiah's prophecies frequently focus on Jerusalem as a center of both sin and potential redemption.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_purity_vs._corruption.htm">Spiritual Purity vs. Corruption</a></b><br>Just as silver becomes impure when mixed with dross, our spiritual lives can become corrupted by sin and compromise. We must seek God's refining fire to purify our hearts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dilution_of_faith.htm">Dilution of Faith</a></b><br>The image of fine wine diluted with water serves as a warning against diluting our faith with worldly influences. We are called to maintain the integrity and purity of our beliefs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Isaiah's message is a call to repentance. Recognizing our spiritual impurities should lead us to seek God's forgiveness and transformation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/value_of_genuine_faith.htm">Value of Genuine Faith</a></b><br>True faith, like pure silver, holds great value. We should strive for a faith that is genuine and untainted by hypocrisy or superficiality.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_desire_for_holiness.htm">God's Desire for Holiness</a></b><br>God desires His people to be holy and set apart. This requires ongoing self-examination and a willingness to let God remove the impurities from our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'fields_are_white'_mean.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on inflation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_defilement.htm">What does 'dross' mean in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'dross'_mean_in_the_bible.htm">What does "dross" mean in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_inflation.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on inflation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">Thy silver is become dross </span>. . .--The two images describe the degeneracy of the rulers to whose neglect this disorder was due. (See Notes on <a href="/context/jeremiah/6-28.htm" title="They are all grievous rebels, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.">Jeremiah 6:28-30</a>.) Hypocrisy and adulteration were the order of the day. The coinage of judgment and justice was debased; the wine of spiritual life (<a href="/proverbs/9-5.htm" title="Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.">Proverbs 9:5</a>), of enthusiasm and zeal for good, was diluted till it had lost all power to strengthen and refresh. In "the salt that has lost its savour" of <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm" title="You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his flavor, with which shall it be salted? it is thereafter good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.">Matthew 5:13</a> we have a like symbolism.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thy silver is become dross</span>. Primarily, "thy great men have deteriorated." From pure silver, they have become mere dross, the vile refuse of the smelted ore, only fit to be cast away as worthless. But per-Imps there is some further reference to <span class="accented">all</span> that was once precious in Jerusalem; there had been a general deterioration - all the silver was now a debased metal of no value. <span class="cmt_word">Thy wine mixed with water</span>. A parallelism; but (as so often happens) a weakened iteration of the preceding sentiment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/1-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Your silver</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּסְפֵּ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(kas·pêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> </span><span class="str2">Silver, money</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has become</span><br /><span class="heb">הָיָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">dross,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְסִיגִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(lə·sî·ḡîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5509.htm">Strong's 5509: </a> </span><span class="str2">A moving back or away, dross</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your fine wine</span><br /><span class="heb">סָבְאֵ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(sā·ḇə·’êḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5435.htm">Strong's 5435: </a> </span><span class="str2">A drink, liquor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is diluted</span><br /><span class="heb">מָה֥וּל</span> <span class="translit">(mā·hūl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4107.htm">Strong's 4107: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut down, reduce, to adulterate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with water.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמָּֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bam·mā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/1-22.htm">Isaiah 1:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/1-22.htm">Isaiah 1:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/1-22.htm">Isaiah 1:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/1-22.htm">Isaiah 1:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/1-22.htm">Isaiah 1:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/1-22.htm">Isaiah 1:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/1-22.htm">Isaiah 1:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/1-22.htm">Isaiah 1:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/1-22.htm">Isaiah 1:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/1-22.htm">Isaiah 1:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/1-22.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 1:22 Your silver has become dross your wine (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 1:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 1:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 1:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 1:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>