1 T he 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. The Wickedness of Judah

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 H ear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the Lord has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me;

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 T he ox knows its owner And the donkey its master’s crib; But Israel does not know, My people do not consider.”

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

4 A las, sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity, A brood of evildoers, Children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the Lord, They have provoked to anger The Holy One of Israel, They have turned away backward.

Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy 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 W hy should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faints.

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

6 F rom the sole of the foot even to the head, There is no soundness in it, But wounds and bruises and putrefying sores; They have not been closed or bound up, Or soothed with ointment.

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 Y our country is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; Strangers devour your land in your presence; And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

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

8 S o the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, As a hut in a garden of cucumbers, As a besieged city.

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 U nless the Lord of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah.

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

10 H ear the word of the Lord, You rulers of Sodom; Give ear to the law of our God, You people of Gomorrah:

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

11 “ To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?” Says the Lord. “I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs or goats.

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

12 “ When you come to appear before Me, Who has required this from your hand, To trample My courts?

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

13 B ring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.

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

14 Y our New Moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; They are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them.

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 W hen you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

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 yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil,

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 L earn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.

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

18 “ Come now, and 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 be as wool.

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 I f you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;

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

20 B ut if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword”; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken. The Degenerate City

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

21 H ow the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; Righteousness lodged in it, But now murderers.

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

22 Y our silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water.

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

23 Y our princes are rebellious, And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes, And follows after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

Thy princes 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 T herefore the Lord says, The Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, “Ah, I will rid Myself of My adversaries, And take vengeance on My enemies.

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 I will turn My hand against you, And thoroughly purge away your dross, And take away all your alloy.

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

26 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.”

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 Z ion shall be redeemed with justice, And her penitents with righteousness.

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

28 T he destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together, And those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

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

29 F or they shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees Which you have desired; And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens Which you have chosen.

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

30 F or you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades, And as a garden that has no water.

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

31 T he strong shall be as tinder, And the work of it as a spark; Both will burn together, And no one shall quench them.

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!