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Isaiah - Chapter 1 |
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   | Isa 1:1 | The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzzi'ah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezeki'ah, kings of Judah. |
| Isa 1:2 | Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: "Sons have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. |
| Isa 1:3 | The ox knows its owner, and the ass its master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people does not understand." |
| Isa 1:4 | Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, sons who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. |
| Isa 1:5 | Why will you still be smitten, that you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. |
| Isa 1:6 | From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and bleeding wounds; they are not pressed out, or bound up, or softened with oil. |
| Isa 1:7 | Your country lies desolate, your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence aliens devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by aliens. |
| Isa 1:8 | And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a lodge in a cucumber field, like a besieged city. |
| Isa 1:9 | If the LORD of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomor'rah. |
| Isa 1:10 | Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomor'rah! |
| Isa 1:11 | "What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of he-goats. |
| Isa 1:12 | "When you come to appear before me, who requires of you this trampling of my courts? |
| Isa 1:13 | Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and sabbath and the calling of assemblies--I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly. |
| Isa 1:14 | Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me, I am weary of bearing them. |
| Isa 1:15 | When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood. |
| Isa 1:16 | Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil, |
| Isa 1:17 | learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow. |
| Isa 1:18 | "Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. |
| Isa 1:19 | If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; |
| Isa 1:20 | But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken." |
| Isa 1:21 | How the faithful city has become a harlot, she that was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. |
| Isa 1:22 | Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water. |
| Isa 1:23 | Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them. |
| Isa 1:24 | Therefore the Lord says, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will vent my wrath on my enemies, and avenge myself on my foes. |
| Isa 1:25 | I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy. |
| Isa 1:26 | And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city." |
| Isa 1:27 | Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness. |
| Isa 1:28 | But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together, and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed. |
| Isa 1:29 | For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted; and you shall blush for the gardens which you have chosen. |
| Isa 1:30 | For you shall be like an oak whose leaf withers, and like a garden without water. |
| Isa 1:31 | And the strong shall become tow, and his work a spark, and both of them shall burn together, with none to quench them. |
