1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. |
1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken, "I have reared and brought up children, but they have rebelled against Me. |
1:3 The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib; but Israel does not know Me; My people do not understand." |
1:4 Ah, sinful nation, a people burdened with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger; they have gone away backward. |
1:5 Why should you be stricken any more? You will revolt more and more; the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. |
1:6 From the sole of the foot even to the top of the head there is no soundness in it; only wounds and bruises and putrefying sores; they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor soothed with ointment. |
1:7 Your country is a desolation, your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land right in your very presence, and it is wasted, as overthrown by strangers. |
1:8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, like a hut in a garden of cucumbers, like a besieged city. |
1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom; we would have become like Gomorrah. |
1:10 Hear the Word of the LORD, rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, people of Gomorrah. |
1:11 "To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?" says the LORD; "I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of he-goats. |
1:12 When you come to appear before Me, who has required this at your hand, to trample My courts? |
1:13 Bring no more vain sacrifices; incense is an abomination to Me—new moon and Sabbath, the calling of assemblies; I cannot endure iniquity along with the solemn assembly! |
1:14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; they are a trouble to Me; I am weary to bear them. |
1:15 And when you spread forth your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; yea, when you make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood. |
1:16 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes; cease to do evil; |
1:17 Learn to do good; seek judgment, reprove the oppressor. Judge the orphan, plead for the widow. |
1:18 Come now, and let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool. |
1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; |
1:20 But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword;" for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it. |
1:21 How has the faithful city become a harlot? It was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it—but now murderers. |
1:22 Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water; |
1:23 Your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe, and is pursuing rewards; they do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come before them. |
1:24 And the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel says, "Alas! I Myself will vent My wrath upon My foes, and avenge Myself of My enemies. |
1:25 And I will turn back My hand upon you, and purge away your dross as with lye, and take away all your tin alloy. |
1:26 And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning; afterwards you shall be called The City of Righteousness, The Faithful City." |
1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and those in her who repent with righteousness. |
1:28 And the downfall of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together; and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed, |
1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens which you have chosen, |
1:30 For you shall be like an oak whose leaf fades, and like a garden that has no water. |
1:31 And the strong shall be like a wick, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall put them out. |