Isaiah 1:17

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Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

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Jerusalem was the capital of Judah, and Zion originally its fortified hill came to represent the city and God’s covenant people. In Isaiah’s opening rebuke, their importance heightens the call to seek justice: the community centered on God’s worship had failed to reflect his righteous character in caring

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Isaiah 1:17 mentions Jerusalem and Zion.

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