Isaiah 1:22 - Exposition

Thy silver is become dross . 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 all that was once precious in Jerusalem; there had been a general deterioration—all the silver was now a debased metal of no value. Thy wine mixed with water . A parallelism; but (as so often happens) a weakened iteration of the preceding sentiment.