Isaiah 1:1–10

The visiona concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiahb son of Amoz saw during the reigns A of Kings Uzziah,c Jotham,d Ahaz,e and Hezekiahf of Judah.g

JUDAH ON TRIAL

2 Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth,h

for the Lord has spoken:

“I have raised children* and brought them up,

but they have rebelled against me.i

3 The ox knows its owner,

and the donkey its master’s feeding trough,

but Israel does not know;

my people do not understand.”j

4 Oh sinful nation,

people weighed down with iniquity,k

brood of evildoers,l

depraved children!

They have abandonedm the Lord;

they have despisedn the Holy One of Israel;o

they have turned their backs on him.

5 Why do you want more beatings?

Why do you keep on rebelling?

The whole head is hurt,

and the whole heart is sick.

6 From the sole of the foot even to the head,p

no spot is uninjuredq—

wounds, welts, and festering sores

not cleansed, bandaged,

or soothed with oil.

7 Your land is desolate,

your cities burned down;r

foreigners devour your fields

right in front of you—

a desolation, like a place demolished by foreigners.

8 Daughter Zions is abandoned

like a shelter in a vineyard,

like a shack in a cucumber field,

like a besieged city.

9 If the Lord of Armiest

had not left us a few survivors,u

we would be like Sodom,

we would resemble Gomorrah.v

10 Hear the word of the Lord,w

you rulers of Sodom!

Listen to the instruction of our God,

you people of Gomorrah!x