Isaiah 1:3–11

³“An ox knows its owner,

And a donkey its master’s manger,

But Israel ^adoes not know,

My people ^bdo not understand.”

⁴Alas, sinful nation,

People weighed down with iniquity,

^1aOffspring of evildoers,

Sons who ^bact corruptly!

They have ^cabandoned the Lord,

They have ^ddespised the Holy One of Israel,

They have turned away ²from Him.

⁵Where will you be stricken again,

As you ^acontinue in your rebellion?

The whole head is ^bsick

And the whole heart is faint.

^6aFrom the sole of the foot even to the head

There is ^bnothing sound in it,

Only bruises, welts and raw wounds,

^cNot pressed out or bandaged,

Nor softened with oil.

⁷Your ^aland is desolate,

Your cities are burned with fire,

Your fields—strangers are devouring them in your presence;

It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.

⁸The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard,

Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.

^9aUnless the Lord of hosts

Had left us a few ^bsurvivors,

We would be like ^cSodom,

We would be like Gomorrah.

God Has Had Enough

¹⁰Hear ^athe word of the Lord,

You rulers of ^bSodom;

Give ear to the instruction of our God,

You people of Gomorrah.

¹¹“^aWhat are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?”

Says the Lord.

“I ¹have had enough of burnt offerings of rams

And the fat of fed cattle;

And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.