Isaiah 1:21 - Exposition

How is the faithful city become an harlot! Not here an idolatress, but one that has left her first love, and turned to other attractions. Faithful once to her lord her spouse (Cant; passim ), she has now cast him off—she is an adulterous wife, she no longer obeys or loves her husband. It was full of judgment ; righteousness , etc. "She that was full" (Revised Version). Under Solomon ( 1 Kings 3:9-28 ) and again under Jehoshaphat ( 2 Chronicles 19:5-11 ). It is not clear when the systematic perversion of justice by the rulers began. Perhaps it originated in the latter part of Uzziah's reign, when the royal authority was weakened by being divided between Uzziah and Jotham ( 2 Chronicles 26:21 ). But now murderers (see the last note on Isaiah 1:15 ).