1 T his is the special dream of Isaiah the son of Amoz, about Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw during the rule of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

¶ 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.

2 L isten, O heavens, and hear, O earth, for the Lord has spoken: “I have brought up and have taken care of sons, but they have turned against Me.

¶ Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD speaks, I have nourished and brought up sons, and they have rebelled against me.

3 A n ox knows its owner. A donkey knows where to find the food its owner gives it. But Israel does not know. My people do not understand.”

The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master’s crib; but Israel does not know, my people do not have understanding.

4 O sinful nation, people weighed down with sin, children of those who do wrong, sons who act in a sinful way! They have left the Lord. They have hated the Holy One of Israel. They have turned away from Him.

O sinful nation, people laden with iniquity, generation of evildoers, corrupt sons! They have forsaken the LORD; they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger; they have turned back.

5 W here will you be punished again, since you still fight against the Lord? Your whole head is sick, and your whole heart is weak.

Why should I chastise you any more? Ye will revolt more and more; every head is sick, and every heart faint.

6 F rom the bottom of the foot even to the head, there is no good part. There are only sores from beatings and open sores. They are not taken care of or covered or made soft with oil.

From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in him; but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

7 Y our land lies waste. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers are eating the food of your fields in front of you. It lies waste, as destroyed by strangers.

Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

8 T he people of Zion are left like a tent in a grape-field, like a watchman’s house in a vegetable field, like a city closed in by armies.

And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

9 I f the Lord of All had not left some people, we would have all been destroyed like those who lived in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Except the LORD of the hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

10 H ear the Word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom. Listen to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

¶ Hear the word of the LORD, ye princes of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

11 “ What are your many gifts given in worship to Me?” says the Lord. “I have had enough burnt gifts of rams and the fat of cattle. And I am not pleased with the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats.

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? shall the LORD say. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he goats.

12 W hen you come to show yourselves before Me, who says you must walk and walk around My open spaces?

When ye come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

13 D o not bring your gifts of no worth any more. Your special perfume is a hated thing to Me. The new moon and Day of Rest, this calling together of the people, I cannot put up with. I cannot put up with your sin and your meetings of worship.

Bring no more vain oblations; the incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot stand them; iniquity and the solemn meeting.

14 I hate your new moons and your special suppers. They have become heavy upon Me. I am tired of carrying them.

Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

15 S o when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you. Even if you pray many times, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; likewise, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.

16 “ Wash yourselves. Make yourselves clean. Take your sinful actions from My eyes. Stop doing sinful things.

¶ Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;

17 L earn to do good. Look for what is right and fair. Speak strong words to those who make it hard for people. Stand up for the rights of those who have no parents. Help the woman whose husband has died.

learn to do good; seek judgment; restore unto the oppressed; hear the fatherless in right judgment; protect the widow.

18 “ Come now, let us think about this together,” says the Lord. “Even though your sins are bright red, they will be as white as snow. Even though they are dark red, they will be like wool.

Then come, shall the LORD say, and we shall be even; if your sins were as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow; if they were red like crimson, they shall become as wool.

19 I f you are willing and obey, you will eat the best of the land.

If ye are willing and hearken, ye shall eat the good of the land;

20 B ut if you are not willing and turn against Me, you will be destroyed by the sword.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken. The Sinful City

But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.

21 T he faithful city has become like a woman who sells the use of her body. At one time she was full of what was right and fair! Those who are right and good lived in her, but now those who kill.

¶ How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.

22 Y our silver has lost its worth. Your wine is mixed with water.

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

23 Y our rulers have turned against what is right. They are the friends of robbers. Every one loves to get pay in secret for wrong-doing, and they run after gifts. They do not stand for the rights of those who have no parents. And they never hear the cry for help of the woman whose husband has died.

Thy princes are rebellious and companions of thieves; every one loves bribes and follows after rewards; they do not hear the fatherless in judgment, neither does the cause of the widow come unto them.

24 S o the Lord God of All, the Powerful One of Israel, says, “I will put an end to those who fight against Me. I will punish those who hate Me.

Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of the hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease myself of my adversaries and avenge myself of my enemies;

25 I will turn My hand against you and burn what is of no worth in you. And I will take away from you all that is not pure.

and I will turn my hand upon thee and according to pureness purge away thy dross and take away all thy tin;

26 T hen I will give you judges as at the first, and your wise men as at the beginning. After that you will be called the city that is right and good, a faithful city.”

and I will restore thy judges as at the first and thy counsellors as at the beginning; afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

27 Z ion will be saved by being fair. Those who are sorry for their sins and turn from them will be saved by being right and good.

Zion shall be ransomed with judgment and her converts with righteousness.

28 B ut wrong-doers and sinners will be crushed together. Those who turn away from the Lord will come to an end.

And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and those that forsook the LORD shall be consumed.

29 F or you will be ashamed of the oaks where you worshiped. You will be ashamed of the gardens you have chosen.

For ye shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the groves that ye have chosen.

30 F or you will be like an oak tree whose leaf dries up, or like a garden that has no water.

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf falls and as a garden that has no water.

31 T he strong man will become easy to burn, and his work also a fire. They will burn together, and there will be no one to put the fire out.

And the strong idol shall be as tow and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and no one shall be able to quench them.