“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.”
“2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I
have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against
me. 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: [but]
Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. 4 Ah sinful nation, a
people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are
corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One
of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. 5 Why should ye be
stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the
head [there is] no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and
putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither
mollified with ointment. 7 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 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 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very
small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been
like unto Gomorrah.”
“10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the
law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11 To what purpose [is] the
multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the
burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in
the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 12 When ye come to
appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my
courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto
me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away
with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and
your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am
weary to bear [them]. 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will
hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not
hear: your hands are full of blood.”
“16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from
before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment,
relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins
be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool. 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye
shall eat the good of the land: 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall
be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].”
“21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of
judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. 22 Thy silver
is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: 23 Thy princes [are]
rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and
followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the
cause of the widow come unto them. 24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD
of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine
adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: 25 And I will turn my hand
upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
26 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 Zion shall be redeemed with
judgment, and her converts with righteousness. 28 And the destruction of
the transgressors and of the sinners [shall be] together, and they that
forsake the LORD shall be consumed. 29 For they shall be ashamed of the
oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens
that ye have chosen. 30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and
as a garden that hath no water. 31 And the strong shall be as tow, and
the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none
shall quench [them].” (Isaiah 1:1-31 AV)