Isaiah 1

LITV^{(i) 1} The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. ² Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth! For Jehovah has spoken: I have nursed and brought up sons, but they have rebelled against Me. ³ The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's manger, but Israel does not know; My people have not understood. ⁴ Woe, sinful nation, a people heavy with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, sons who corrupt! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have scorned the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged backward. ⁵ Why will you be stricken any more? Will you continue the revolt? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart is faint. ⁶ From the sole of the foot even to the head, no soundness is in it; only a wound and a stripe and a fresh blow; they have not been closed, nor bound up; nor was it softened with oil. ⁷ Your land is a desolation; your cities burned with fire. Foreigners devour your land before you; and behold, ruin, as overthrown by foreigners. ⁸ And the daughter of Zion is left a booth in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city. ⁹ Except Jehovah of hosts had left a remnant for us, a few, we would be as Sodom; we would be as Gomorrah. ¹⁰ Hear the word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom. Listen to the law of our God, people of Gomorrah. ¹¹ What good to Me are your many sacrifices, says Jehovah? I am full of burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fattened cattle, and the blood of bulls; nor do I delight in the blood of lambs and he goats. ¹² When you come to see My face, who has required this at your hand, to trample My courts? ¹³ Do not add to bringing vain sacrifice; its incense is an abomination to Me. I cannot endure the new moon and sabbath, the going to meeting, and the evil assembly. ¹⁴ My soul hates your new moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to Me. I am weary of bearing them . ¹⁵ And when you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you. Yea, when you multiply prayer, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. ¹⁶ Wash yourselves, purify yourselves. Put away the evil of your doings from My sight; stop doing evil. ¹⁷ Learn to do good, seek justice, reprove the oppressor, judge the orphan, strive for the widow. ¹⁸ Come now and let us reason together, says Jehovah: Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red as the crimson, they shall be like wool. ¹⁹ If you are willing and hear, you shall eat the good of the land. ²⁰ But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken. ²¹ Oh how the faithful city has become a harlot! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in it. But now, murderers! ²² Your silver has become dross; your wine is diluted with water. ²³ Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe, and is pursuing rewards. They do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come to them, ²⁴ and says the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Alas! I will be eased of My foes, and avenge Myself of My enemies. ²⁵ And I will return My hand on you, and refine your dross, as with lye, and take away all your alloy. ²⁶ And I will return your judges as at the first; and your advisors, as at the beginning; then you shall be called the city of righteousness, a faithful town. ²⁷ Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her returning ones with righteousness. ²⁸ And the ruin of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together. And those who forsake Jehovah shall be consumed. ²⁹ For they shall be ashamed of the trees which you lusted after; and you shall be ashamed of the gardens that you have chosen. ³⁰ For you shall be like a tree whose leaf fades, and like a garden that has no water in it. ³¹ And the strong shall be for tow, and his work for a spark; and they shall burn both together; and no one shall quench them .