The Book of Isaiah
The Book of Isaiah
1:1The 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.
1:2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have
nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 1:3The ox
knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, my
people doth not consider. 1:4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed
of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have
despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and gone backward. 1:5Why
will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and
the whole heart faint. 1:6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no
soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been
closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil. 1:7Your 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. 1:8And the daughter of Zion is left as
a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
1:9Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have
been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah. 1:10Hear the word of
Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of
Gomorrah. 1:11What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I
have had enough 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. 1:12When ye come
to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
1:13Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon
and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,- I cannot away with iniquity and the
solemn meeting. 1:14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth;
they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them. 1:15And 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. 1:16Wash you, make you
clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
1:17learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead
for the widow. 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool. 1:19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the
good of the land: 1:20but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the
sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it. 1:21How is the faithful city become
a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now
murderers. 1:22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water. 1:23Thy
princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and
followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of
the widow come unto them. 1:24Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the
Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of
mine enemies; 1:25and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away
thy dross, and will take away all thy tin; 1:26and 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, a faithful town. 1:27Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and
her converts with righteousness. 1:28But the destruction of transgressors and sinners
shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed. 1:29For they
shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded
for the gardens that ye have chosen. 1:30For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth,
and as a garden that hath no water. 1:31And the strong shall be as tow, and his work
as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.