The Contagion of Character
Isaiah 1:4
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD…


"Do you see," said Dr. Arnold to an assistant master who had recently come to Rugby, "those two boys walking together? I never saw them together before; you should make an especial point of observing the company they keep; — nothing so tells the changes in a boy's character."

(F. Jacox.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

WEB: Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.




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