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Isaiah 1 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:3 - The ox knows its owner, and the ass its master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people does not understand."
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:5 - Why will you still be smitten, that you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.

God Has Had Enough

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:12 - "When you come to appear before me, who requires of you this trampling of my courts?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 - learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.

"Let Us Reason"

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:19 - If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20 - But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

Zion Corrupted, to Be Redeemed

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How the faithful city has become a harlot, she that was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:22 - Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25 - I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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."
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:27 - Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:28 - But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together, and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:30 - For you shall be like an oak whose leaf withers, and like a garden without water.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

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