Isaiah 1

1 This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

2 Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”

4 Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.

5 Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.

7 Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.

8 And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.

9 Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.

10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

11 “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

12 When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?

13 Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.

14 I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

16 Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

17 Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”

18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

20 But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

21 See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

22 Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.

23 Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

24 Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.

25 I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.

26 I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”

27 Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.

28 But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

29 Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.

30 For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.

31 The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.

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.

2 ¶ Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

4 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.

5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head [there is] no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

7 Your country [is] desolate, your cities [are] burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and [it is] desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

10 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

11 To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear [them].

15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

16 ¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].

21 ¶ How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

23 Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners [shall be] together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench [them].

1 This is the vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw of Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Jehizkiah, kings of Judah.

2 Hear, ye heavens, and earth, take heed. For the LORD speaketh: I have raised up and exalted children, and they have fallen away from me.

3 An ox knoweth his master, and an ass his master's crib: but Israel knoweth it not, neither do my people hear it.

4 O woe unto the sinful people, the people of great iniquity, the wicked seed, the children of iniquity, which forsake the LORD, blaspheming the Holy One in Israel, draw back!

5 What more shall they smite upon you, if ye do but the more to depart? The whole head is sick, the whole heart is dull.

6 From the sole of his foot even to his head there is no soundness in him, but sores and welts and boils, which are not healed, neither bound up, nor soothed with oil.

7 Your land is desolate, your cities are burned with fire; strangers devour your fields before your eyes, and is desolate, as that which is devastated by strangers.

8 And that which is left of the daughter of Zion is as a little house in the vineyard, as a tent of the night in the gourds, as a desolate city.

9 If the LORD of hosts left us not a little, we should be as Sodom, and as Gomorrha.

10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye princes of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha.

11 What is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and of the fat of the fatlings; and I have no desire for the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of goats.

11 When the protection shall be like ashes, and his doings like sparks, and both shall be kindled together, that no man put them out.

12 When ye come in to appear before me, who shall require this of your hands, that ye should tread in my court?

13 Offer no more meat offerings in vain. The incense is abomination unto me: the new moons and the sabbaths, when ye come together, and are troubled and afraid, them will I not like.

14 My soul hateth your new moons and your seasons: I am weary of them; I am weary of suffering.

15 And though ye spread forth your hands, yet will I hide mine eyes from you; and though ye pray much, yet will I not hear you; for dear hands are full of blood.

16 Wash, cleanse yourselves, put away your evil from mine eyes, depart from evil.

17 Learn to do good, seek justice, help the oppressed, give justice to the fatherless, and help the widow's cause.

18 Come then, and let us reason together, saith the LORD. If sin be as scarlet, it shall be as white as snow: and if it be as raisin, it shall be as wool.

19 If ye will obey me, ye shall enjoy the good of the land.

20 But if ye refuse and disobey, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD saith it.

21 How is it that the good city is become a harlot? It was full of justice, righteousness dwelt therein, but now murderers

22 Thy silver is become foam, and thy drink is mixed with water.

23 Thy princes are renegades and thieves: they all take gifts gladly, and seek after gifts: they do not do justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause cometh not before them.

24 Therefore saith the LORD of hosts, the mighty one in Israel; O woe! I will be comforted by mine enemies, and avenged by mine enemies;

25 And I will turn mine hand against thee, and sweep away thy foam most purely, and put away all thy tin.

26 And give thee judges again, as they were before, and councillors, as at the beginning. Then shalt thou be called a city of righteousness, and a pious city.

27 Zion must be redeemed by judgment, and her captives by righteousness,

28 That transgressors and sinners should be broken in pieces together, and that they which forsake the LORD should perish.

29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye delight in, and ashamed of the gardens which ye choose,

30 When ye shall be as an oak tree with dry leaves, and as a garden without water;