Isaiah 1:18–2:5

18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”u

says the Lord.

“Though your sins are like scarlet,

they shall be as white as snow;v

though they are red as crimson,

they shall be like wool.w

19 If you are willing and obedient,x

you will eat the good things of the land;y

20 but if you resist and rebel,z

you will be devoured by the sword.”a

For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.b

21 See how the faithful city

has become a prostitute!c

She once was full of justice;

righteousnessd used to dwell in her—

but now murderers!e

22 Your silver has become dross,f

your choice wine is diluted with water.

23 Your rulers are rebels,g

partners with thieves;h

they all love bribesi

and chase after gifts.

They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;

the widow’s case does not come before them.j

24 Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,

the Mighty Onek of Israel, declares:

“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes

and avengel myself on my enemies.m

25 I will turn my hand against you;b n

I will thoroughly purgeo away your drossp

and remove all your impurities.q

26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,r

your rulers as at the beginning.

Afterward you will be calleds

the City of Righteousness,t

the Faithful City.u”

27 Zion will be delivered with justice,

her penitentv ones with righteousness.w

28 But rebels and sinnersx will both be broken,

and those who forsakey the Lord will perish.z

29 “You will be ashameda because of the sacred oaksb

in which you have delighted;

you will be disgraced because of the gardensc

that you have chosen.

30 You will be like an oak with fading leaves,d

like a garden without water.

31 The mighty man will become tinder

and his work a spark;

both will burn together,

with no one to quench the fire.e”

The Mountain of the Lord

2:1–4pp—Mic 4:1–3

2 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:f

2 In the last daysg

the mountainh of the Lord’s temple will be established

as the highest of the mountains;i

it will be exaltedj above the hills,

and all nations will stream to it.k

3 Many peoplesl will come and say,

“Come, let us gom up to the mountainn of the Lord,

to the temple of the God of Jacob.

He will teach us his ways,

so that we may walk in his paths.”

The lawo will go out from Zion,

the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.p

4 He will judgeq between the nations

and will settle disputesr for many peoples.

They will beat their swords into plowshares

and their spears into pruning hooks.s

Nation will not take up sword against nation,t

nor will they train for war anymore.

5 Come, descendants of Jacob,u

let us walk in the lightv of the Lord.