Isaiah 1:26 (DRB)

Passage

And I will restore thy judges as they were before, and thy counsellors as of old. After this thou shalt be called the city of the just, a faithful city.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 1:24 Therefore saith the Lord the God of hosts, the mighty one of Israel: Ah! I will comfort myself over my adversaries: and I will be revenged of my enemies.

Isaiah 1:25 And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dross, and I will take away all thy tin.

Isaiah 1:26 And I will restore thy judges as they were before, and thy counsellors as of old. After this thou shalt be called the city of the just, a faithful city.

Isaiah 1:27 Sion shall be redeemed in judgment, and they shall bring her back in justice.

Isaiah 1:28 And he shall destroy the wicked, and the sinners together: and they that have forsaken the Lord, shall be consumed.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "faith", "restore", "judges", "before", "counsellors", "after", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "faith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "And I will turn my hand to..." into verse 27's "Sion shall be redeemed in judgment and...", so "called" and "faith" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "faith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.