1:1 The 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. 1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: "Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. 1:3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand." 1:4 Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. 1:5 Why will you still be struck down Why will you continue to rebel The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 1:6 From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil. 1:7 Your country lies desolate; your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence foreigners devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners. 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. 1:9 If the LORD of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah. 1:10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah! 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 well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats. 1:12 "When you come to appear before me, who has required of you this trampling of my courts 1:13 Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations-- I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly. 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. 1:15 When you spread out 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. 1:16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, 1:17 learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause. 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. 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; 1:20 but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken." 1:21 How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. 1:22 Your silver has become dross, your best wine mixed with water. 1:23 Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them. 1:24 Therefore the Lord declares, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes. 1:25 I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy. 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." 1:27 Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness. 1:28 But rebels and sinners shall be broken together, and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed. 1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks that you desired; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen. 1:30 For you shall be like an oak whose leaf withers, and like a garden without water. 1:31 And the strong shall become tinder, and his work a spark, and both of them shall burn together, with none to quench them.