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 nourished and brought up children,
And they have rebelled against Me;

1:3  The ox knows its owner
And the donkey its master’s crib;
But Israel does not know,
My people do not consider.”

1:4  Alas, sinful nation,
A people laden with iniquity,
A brood of evildoers,
Children who are corrupters!
They have forsaken the LORD,
They have provoked to anger
The Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away backward.

1:5  Why should you be stricken again?
You will revolt more and more.
The whole head is sick,
And the whole heart faints.

1:6  From the sole of the foot even to the head,
There is no soundness in it,
But wounds and bruises and putrefying sores;
They have not been closed or bound up,
Or soothed with ointment.

1:7  Your country is desolate,
Your cities are burned with fire;
Strangers devour your land in your presence;
And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

1:8  So the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard,
As a hut in a garden of cucumbers,
As a besieged city.

1:9  Unless the LORD of hosts
Had left to us a very small remnant,
We would have become like Sodom,
We would have been made like Gomorrah.

1:10  Hear the word of the LORD,
You rulers of Sodom;
Give ear to the law of our God,
You people of Gomorrah:

1:11  "To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?"
Says the LORD.
" I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle.
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
Or of lambs or goats.

1:12  "When you come to appear before Me,
Who has required this from your hand,
To trample My courts?

1:13  Bring no more futile sacrifices;
Incense is an abomination to Me.
The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies—
I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.

1:14  Your New Moons and your appointed feasts
My soul hates;
They are a trouble to Me,
I am weary of bearing them.

1:15  When you spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
Even though 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 justice,
Rebuke the oppressor;
Defend the fatherless,
Plead for the widow.

1:18  "Come now, and let us reason together,'
Says the LORD,
' Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as 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 by the sword”;
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

1:21  How the faithful city has become a harlot!
It was full of justice;
Righteousness lodged in it,
But now murderers.

1:22  Your silver has become dross,
Your wine mixed with water.

1:23  Your princes are rebellious,
And companions of thieves;
Everyone loves bribes,
And follows after rewards.
They do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

1:24  Therefore the Lord says,
The LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel,
“ Ah, I will rid Myself of My adversaries,
And take vengeance on My enemies.

1:25  I will turn My hand against you,
And thoroughly purge away your dross,
And take away all your alloy.

1:26  I will restore your judges as at the first,
And your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”

1:27  Zion shall be redeemed with justice,
And her penitents with righteousness.

1:28  The destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together,
And those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

1:29  For they shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees
Which you have desired;
And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens
Which you have chosen.

1:30  For you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades,
And as a garden that has no water.

1:31  The strong shall be as tinder,
And the work of it as a spark;
Both will burn together,
And no one shall quench them.