Isaiah 1:2–20

^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 burned 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 you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; ^scease to do evil;

¹⁷Learn 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.