Isaiah 1
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| v | JPS1917 |
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| 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: Children I have reared, and brought up, 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 evil-doers, Children that deal corruptly; They have forsaken the LORD, They have contemned the Holy One of Israel, They are turned away backward. |
| 5 | On what part will ye yet be stricken, Seeing ye stray away 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 festering sores: They have not been pressed, neither bound up, Neither mollified with oil. |
| 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 floods. |
| 8 | And the daughter of Zion is left As a booth 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, 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 trample My courts? |
| 13 | Bring no more vain oblations; It is an offering of abomination unto Me; New moon and sabbath, the holding of convocations— I cannot endure iniquity along with the solemn assembly. |
| 14 | Your new moons and your appointed seasons My soul hateth; They are a burden 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 justice, 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. |
| 21 | How is the faithful city Become a harlot! She that was full of justice, Righteousness lodged in her, 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 bribes, 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 purge away thy dross as with lye, And will take away all thine alloy; |
| 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 justice, And they that return of her with righteousness. |
| 28 | But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, And they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. |
| 29 | For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths which ye have desired, And ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. |
| 30 | For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, And as a garden that hath no water. |
| 31 | And the strong shall be as tow, And his work as a spark; And they shall both burn together, And none shall quench them. |