1The
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.
2Hear,
O heavens,
and give
ear, O
earth: for
the LORD
hath spoken,
I have
nourished
and brought
up children,
and they
have
rebelled
against me.
3The
ox knoweth
his owner,
and the ass
his master's
crib: but Israel
doth not
know, my
people doth
not
consider.
4Ah
sinful
nation, a
people laden
with
iniquity, a
seed of
evildoers,
children
that are
corrupters:
they have
forsaken the
LORD, they
have
provoked the
Holy One of
Israel unto
anger, they
are gone
away
backward.
5Why
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
soundness in
it; but wounds,
and bruises,
and
putrifying
sores: they
have not
been closed,
neither
bound up,
neither
mollified
with
ointment.
7Your
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 as a
cottage in a
vineyard, as
a lodge in a
garden of
cucumbers,
as a
besieged
city.
9Except
the LORD of
hosts had
left unto us
a very small
remnant, we
should have
been as
Sodom, and we
should have
been like
unto
Gomorrah.
10Hear
the word of
the LORD, ye
rulers of
Sodom; give
ear unto the
law of our
God, ye
people of
Gomorrah.
11To
what
purpose is the
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 to
appear
before me,
who hath
required
this at your
hand, to
tread my
courts?
13Bring
no more vain
oblations;
incense is
an
abomination
unto me; the
new moons
and
sabbaths,
the calling
of
assemblies,
I cannot
away with; it
is iniquity,
even the
solemn
meeting.
14Your
new moons
and your
appointed
feasts my
soul hateth:
they are a
trouble unto
me; I am
weary to
bear them.
15And
when ye
spread forth
your hands,
I will hide
mine eyes
from you:
yea, when ye
make many
prayers, I
will not
hear: your
hands are
full of
blood.
16Wash
you, make
you clean;
put away the
evil of your
doings from
before mine
eyes; cease
to do evil;
17Learn
to do well;
seek
judgment,
relieve the
oppressed,
judge the
fatherless,
plead for
the widow.
18Come
now, and let
us reason
together,
saith the
LORD: though
your sins be
as scarlet,
they 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: for
the mouth of
the LORD
hath spoken it.
21How
is the
faithful
city become
an harlot!
it was full
of judgment;
righteousness
lodged in
it; but now
murderers.
22Thy
silver is
become
dross, thy
wine mixed
with water:
23Thy
princes are rebellious,
and
companions
of thieves:
every one
loveth
gifts, and
followeth
after
rewards:
they judge
not the
fatherless,
neither doth
the cause of
the widow
come unto
them.
24Therefore
saith the
Lord, the
LORD of
hosts, the
mighty One
of Israel,
Ah, I will
ease me of
mine
adversaries,
and avenge
me of mine
enemies:
25And
I will turn
my hand upon
thee, and
purely purge
away thy
dross, and
take away
all thy tin:
26And
I will
restore thy
judges as at
the first,
and thy
counsellors
as at the
beginning:
afterward
thou shalt
be called,
The city of
righteousness,
the faithful
city.
27Zion
shall be
redeemed
with
judgment,
and her
converts
with
righteousness.
28And
the
destruction
of the
transgressors
and of the
sinners shall
be together,
and they
that forsake
the LORD
shall be
consumed.
29For
they shall
be ashamed
of the oaks
which ye
have
desired, and
ye shall be
confounded
for the
gardens that
ye have
chosen.
30For
ye shall be
as an oak
whose leaf
fadeth, and
as a garden
that hath no
water.
31And
the strong
shall be as
tow, and the
maker of it
as a spark,
and they
shall both
burn
together,
and none
shall
quench them.