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 assembliesI 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]. |