Isaiah 1

1 The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah.⋮

2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For Jehovah hath spoken: Sons I have nourished and brought up, And they — they transgressed against Me.⋮

3 An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.⋮

4 Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy with iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons — corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward.⋮

5 Wherefore are ye stricken any more? Ye do add apostasy! Every head is become diseased, and every heart is sick.⋮

6 From the sole of the foot — unto the head, There is no soundness in it, Wound, and bruise, and fresh smiting! They have not been closed nor bound, Nor have they softened with ointment.⋮

7 Your land is a desolation, your cities burnt with fire, Your ground, before you strangers are consuming it, And a desolation as overthrown by strangers!⋮

8 And left hath been the daughter of Zion, As a booth in a vineyard, As a lodge in a place of cucumbers — as a city besieged.⋮

9 Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly — as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!⋮

10 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom, Give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah,⋮

11 'Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated with burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired.⋮

12 When ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts?⋮

13 Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense — an abomination it is to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity — and a restraint!⋮

14 Your new moons and your set seasons hath My soul hated, They have been upon me for a burden, I have been weary of bearing.⋮

15 And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.⋮

16 Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.⋮

17 Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive for the widow.⋮

18 Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!⋮

19 If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,⋮

20 And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, By the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.⋮

21 How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it with judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it — now murderers.⋮

22 Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.⋮

23 Thy princes are apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.⋮

24 Therefore — the affirmation of the Lord — Jehovah of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I am eased of Mine adversaries, And I am avenged of Mine enemies,⋮

25 And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin,⋮

26 And I give back thy judges as at the first, And thy counsellors as in the beginning, After this thou art called, 'A city of righteousness — a faithful city.'⋮

27 Zion in judgment is redeemed, And her captivity in righteousness.⋮

28 And the destruction of transgressors and sinners is together, And those forsaking Jehovah are consumed.⋮

29 For men are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen.⋮

30 For ye are as an oak whose leaf is fading, And as a garden that hath no water.⋮

31 And the strong hath been for tow, And his work for a spark, And burned have both of them together, And there is none quenching!⋮