Isaiah 1

The ^avision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem ^aain the days of ^bUzziah, ^cJotham, ^dAhaz, and ^eHezekiah, kings of Judah.

^2fHear, O heavens, and ^ggive ear, O earth:

For the Lord hath spoken,

I have ^ggnourished and brought up children,

And they have rebelled against me.

^3hThe ox knoweth his owner,

And the ass his master’s ⁱcrib:

But Israel ^kldoth not know,

My people ^ldoth not consider.

⁴Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity,

^mA seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters:

They have forsaken the Lord,

They have ⁿprovoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger,

They are gone away backward.

^5oWhy should ye be stricken any more?

Ye will revolt more and more:

The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

⁶From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no ^psoundness in it;

But ^qwounds, and ^qrbruises, and ^sputrifying sores:

They have not been closed, neither bound up, neither ^tmollified with ointment.

^7uYour country is desolate,

Your cities are burnt with fire:

Your land, strangers devour it in your presence,

And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

⁸And the daughter of Zion is left ^vas a cottage in a vineyard,

As ^vva lodge ^win a garden of cucumbers,

As a besieged city.

^9xExcept the Lord of hosts had left unto us ^ya very small remnant,

We should have been as ^zSodom,

And we should have been like unto ^zGomorrah.

¹⁰Hear the word of the Lord, ye ^arulers of ^bSodom;

Give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

¹¹To what purpose is ^cthe 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.

¹²When ye come ^dto appear before me,

^eWho hath required this at your hand, to tread ^fmy courts?

¹³Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me;

^ghThe new moons and ^gsabbaths, the calling of assemblies, ⁱI cannot away with;

It is iniquity, even ^kthe solemn meeting.

¹⁴Your ^hnew moons and your ^lappointed feasts my soul hateth:

They are ^ma trouble unto me;

ⁿI am weary to bear them.

¹⁵And ^owhen ye spread forth your hands, ^pI will hide mine eyes from you:

Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear:

^qYour hands are full of blood.

^16rWash ye, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes;

^17sCease to do evil; learn to do well

^tuSeek judgment, relieve the oppressed,

^tJudge ^vthe fatherless, plead for ^vthe widow.

¹⁸Come now, and ^wlet us reason together, saith the Lord:

Though your sins be as scarlet, ^xthey shall be as white as snow;

Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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

²⁰But if ye refuse and rebel,

Ye shall be devoured with the sword:

^yFor the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

²¹How is the faithful city ^zbecome a harlot !

It was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it;

But now murderers.

^22aThy silver is become dross,

^bThy wine mixt with water:

^23cThy princes are rebellious, and ^dcompanions of thieves:

Every one ^eloveth gifts, and followeth after rewards:

^fThey judge not the fatherless,

Neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

²⁴Therefore saith ^gthe Lord, the Lord of hosts, ^hthe mighty One of Israel,

Ah, I will ⁱease me of mine adversaries,

And ^kavenge me of mine enemies:

²⁵And I will ^lturn my hand upon thee,

And purely ^mpurge away ^athy dross,

And take away all thy tin:

²⁶And I will restore thy judges ⁿas at the first,

And thy counsellers as at the beginning:

Afterward thou shalt be called,

The city of righteousness, ^othe faithful city.

²⁷Zion shall be redeemed with judgment,

And her converts with righteousness.

²⁸And ^pthe ^qdestruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together,

And they that ^rforsake the Lord shall be consumed.

²⁹For they shall be ^sashamed of ^tthe oaks which ye have desired,

And ye shall be confounded for ^uthe gardens that ye have chosen.

³⁰For ye shall be as ^van oak whose leaf fadeth,

And as ^ua garden that hath no water.

³¹And the strong shall be ^xas tow,

And the maker of it as a spark,

And ^ythey shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

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