Isaiah 1 — The Holy Bible

Isaiah 1, verse 1. The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw against Judah and Jerusalem in the kingdom of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Isaiah 1, verse 2. Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth. For the Lord has spoken: “I have begotten and brought up sons, but they rejected Me. Isaiah 1, verse 3. The ox knows its owner and the donkey its master's crib; but Israel does not know Me, and the people do not understand Me.” Isaiah 1, verse 4. Alas, sinful nation, a people full of sins, an evil seed, lawless children. They forsook the Lord; they provoked to anger the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 1, verse 5. Why should you still be struck as you continue in lawlessness? The whole head is in pain, and the whole heart in sadness. Isaiah 1, verse 6. From the feet all the way to the head, there is no soundness in them, only wounds and bruises and festering sores. They have not been closed or bandaged, or soothed with ointment. Isaiah 1, verse 7. Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Strangers take over your land in your presence and it is made desolate, overthrown by foreign people. Isaiah 1, verse 8. So the daughter of Zion is forsaken, like a tent in a vineyard, like a hut in a garden of cucumbers, like a besieged city. Isaiah 1, verse 9. Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom and been made like Gomorrah. Isaiah 1, verse 10. Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom. Give ear to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah: Isaiah 1, verse 11. “What is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?” says the Lord. “I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of lambs. I do not desire the blood of bulls and he-goats. Isaiah 1, verse 12. When you come to appear before Me, who required these things from your hands to tread My court? Isaiah 1, verse 13. Although you should bring fine wheat flour, it is vain. Incense is an abomination to Me. I cannot endure your new moons, and Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies, and fasting and holy day. Isaiah 1, verse 14. Your new moons and feasts My soul hates. You have become a dissatisfaction to Me; I will not forgive your sins. Isaiah 1, verse 15. When you stretch forth your hands to Me, I will turn My eyes from you. Although you make many prayers, I will not listen to you. Your hands are full of blood. Isaiah 1, verse 16. Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean. Put away the evils from your souls before My eyes. Cease from your evils. Isaiah 1, verse 17. Learn to do good. Seek judgment and redeem the wronged. Defend the orphan and justify the widow. Isaiah 1, verse 18. Come now, and let us reason together,” says the Lord, “although your sins are like crimson, I shall make them white like snow, and although they are as scarlet, I shall make them white like wool. Isaiah 1, verse 19. If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good things of the land. Isaiah 1, verse 20. But if you are unwilling and disobedient, you shall be devoured by the sword,” for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. Isaiah 1, verse 21. How the faithful city of Zion has become a prostitute! It was full of judgment. Righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers. Isaiah 1, verse 22. Your silver is worthless; your tavern-keepers mix wine with water. Isaiah 1, verse 23. Your rulers are disobedient and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They do not defend the orphans, nor do they regard the cause of the widow. Isaiah 1, verse 24. Therefore says the Master, the Lord of hosts: “Woe to the mighty ones of Israel, for My anger against the adversaries will not cease; and I will execute judgment on My enemies. Isaiah 1, verse 25. I will bring My hand upon you and purge you completely. I will destroy those who disobey and remove all the lawless from you; I will humble all the arrogant. Isaiah 1, verse 26. I will establish your judges as at the first and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward, you shall be called the city of righteousness, Zion, the faithful mother-city.” Isaiah 1, verse 27. For her captives shall be saved with judgment and with mercy. Isaiah 1, verse 28. The lawless and sinners shall be destroyed together. Those who forsake the Lord shall come to an end. Isaiah 1, verse 29. For they shall be ashamed of the idols they desired and the gardens they longed for. Isaiah 1, verse 30. For they shall be as a terebinth tree that has lost its leaves; like a garden with no water. Isaiah 1, verse 31. Their strength shall be as broken fiber and their works as sparks of fire. The lawless and the sinners will burn together, and no one shall quench them.