1The vision2377 of Isaiah3470 the son1121 of Amoz531, which he saw2372 concerning Judah3063 and Jerusalem3389 in the days3117 of Uzziah5818, Jotham3147, Ahaz271, and Hezekiah3169, kings4428 of Judah3063.
2Hear8085, O heavens8064, and give ear238, O earth776: for the LORD3068 hath spoken1696, I have nourished1431 and brought up7311 children1121, and they have rebelled6586 against me.
3The ox7794 knoweth3045 his owner7069, and the ass2543 his master's1167 crib18: but Israel3478 doth not know3045, my people5971 doth not consider995.
4Ah1945 sinful2398 nation1471, a people5971 laden3515 with iniquity5771, a seed2233 of evildoers7489, children1121 that are corrupters7843: they have forsaken5800 853 the LORD3068, they have provoked5006 853 the Holy One6918 of Israel3478 unto anger5006, they are gone away2114 backward268.
5Why should ye be stricken5221 any more? ye will revolt5627 more and more3254: the whole head7218 is sick2483, and the whole heart3824 faint1742.
6From the sole3709 of the foot7272 even unto the head7218 there is no soundness4974 in it; but wounds6482, and bruises2250, and putrifying2961 sores4347: they have not been closed2115, neither bound up2280, neither mollified7401 with ointment8081.
7Your country776 is desolate8077, your cities5892 are burned8313 with fire784: your land127, strangers2114 devour398 it in your presence, and it is desolate8077, as overthrown4114 by strangers2114.
8And the daughter1323 of Zion6726 is left3498 as a cottage5521 in a vineyard3754, as a lodge4412 in a garden of cucumbers4750, as a besieged5341 city5892.
9Except3884 the LORD3068 of hosts6635 had left3498 unto us a very small4592 remnant8300, we should have been1961 as Sodom5467, and we should have been like1819 unto Gomorrah6017.
10Hear8085 the word1697 of the LORD3068, ye rulers7101 of Sodom5467; give ear238 unto the law8451 of our God430, ye people5971 of Gomorrah6017.
11To what4100 purpose is the multitude7230 of your sacrifices2077 unto me? saith559 the LORD3068: I am full7646 of the burnt offerings5930 of rams352, and the fat2459 of fed beasts4806; and I delight2654 not in the blood1818 of bullocks6499, or of lambs3532, or of he goats6260.
12When ye come935 to appear7200 before6440 me, who hath required1245 this at your hand3027, to tread7429 my courts2691?
13Bring935 no more3254 vain7723 oblations4503; incense7004 is an abomination8441 unto me; the new moons2320 and sabbaths7676, the calling7121 of assemblies4744, I cannot away with3201; it is iniquity205, even the solemn meeting6116.
14Your new moons2320 and your appointed feasts4150 my soul5315 hateth8130: they are a trouble2960 unto me; I am weary3811 to bear5375 them.
15And when ye spread forth6566 your hands3709, I will hide5956 mine eyes5869 from you: yea, when ye make many7235 prayers8605, I will not hear8085: your hands3027 are full4390 of blood1818.
16Wash7364 you, make you clean2135; put away5493 the evil7455 of your doings4611 from before5048 mine eyes5869; cease2308 to do evil7489;
17Learn3925 to do well3190; seek1875 judgment4941, relieve833 the oppressed2541, judge8199 the fatherless3490, plead7378 for the widow490.
18Come now3212, and let us reason together3198, saith559 the LORD3068: though your sins2399 be as scarlet8144, they shall be as white3835 as snow7950; though they be red119 like crimson8438, they shall be as wool6785.
19If ye be willing14 and obedient8085, ye shall eat398 the good2898 of the land776:
20But if ye refuse3985 and rebel4784, ye shall be devoured398 with the sword2719: for the mouth6310 of the LORD3068 hath spoken1696 it.
21How is the faithful539 city7151 become an harlot2181! it was full4392 of judgment4941; righteousness6664 lodged3885 in it; but now murderers7523.
22Thy silver3701 is become dross5509, thy wine5435 mixed4107 with water4325:
23Thy princes8269 are rebellious5637, and companions2270 of thieves1590: every one loveth157 gifts7810, and followeth7291 after rewards8021: they judge8199 not the fatherless3490, neither doth the cause7379 of the widow490 come935 unto them.
24Therefore saith5002 the Lord113, the LORD3068 of hosts6635, the mighty One46 of Israel3478, Ah1945, I will ease5162 me of mine adversaries6862, and avenge5358 me of mine enemies341:
25And I will turn7725 my hand3027 upon thee, and purely1253 purge away6884 thy dross5509, and take away5493 all thy tin913:
26And I will restore7725 thy judges8199 as at the first7223, and thy counsellors3289 as at the beginning8462: afterward310 thou shalt be called7121, The city5892 of righteousness6664, the faithful539 city7151.
27Zion6726 shall be redeemed6299 with judgment4941, and her converts7725 with righteousness6666.
28And the destruction7667 of the transgressors6586 and of the sinners2400 shall be together3162, and they that forsake5800 the LORD3068 shall be consumed3615.
29For they shall be ashamed954 of the oaks352 which ye have desired2530, and ye shall be confounded2659 for the gardens1593 that ye have chosen977.
30For ye shall be as an oak424 whose leaf5929 fadeth5034, and as a garden1593 that hath no water4325.
31And the strong2634 shall be as tow5296, and the maker6467 of it as a spark5213, and they shall both8147 burn1197 together3162, and none shall quench3518 them.