¹The avision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem bin the days of cUzziah, dJotham, eAhaz, and fHezekiah, kings of Judah.

The Wickedness of Judah

²gHear, O heavens, and give ear, O hearth;

for the Lord has spoken:

“Children1 ihave I reared and brought up,

but they have rebelled against me.

³The ox jknows its owner,

and the donkey its master's crib,

but Israel does jnot know,

my people do not understand.”

⁴Ah, sinful nation,

a people laden with iniquity,

koffspring of evildoers,

children who deal corruptly!

They have forsaken the Lord,

they have ldespised mthe Holy One of Israel,

they are utterly nestranged.

⁵Why will you still be ostruck down?

Why will you pcontinue to rebel?

The whole head is sick,

and the whole heart faint.

⁶qFrom the sole of the foot even to the head,

there is no soundness in it,

but bruises and sores

and raw wounds;

they are rnot pressed out or bound up

or softened with oil.

⁷sYour country lies desolate;

your cities are burned with fire;

in your very presence

foreigners devour your land;

it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.

⁸And tthe daughter of Zion is left

like a ubooth in a vineyard,

like a lodge in a cucumber field,

like a besieged city.

⁹vIf the Lord of hosts

had not left us wa few survivors,

we should have been like xSodom,

and become like xGomorrah.

¹⁰Hear the word of the Lord,

you rulers of yzSodom!

Give ear to the teaching2 of our God,

you people of zGomorrah!

¹¹a“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.

¹²“When you come to bappear before me,

who has required of you

this trampling of my courts?

¹³Bring no more vain offerings;

incense is an abomination to me.

cNew moon and Sabbath and the dcalling of convocations—

I cannot endure einiquity and fsolemn assembly.

¹⁴Your cnew moons and your appointed feasts

my soul hates;

they have become a burden to me;

I am weary of bearing them.

¹⁵When you gspread out your hands,

I will hide my eyes from you;

heven though you make many prayers,

I will not listen;

iyour hands are full of blood.

¹⁶jWash yourselves; make yourselves clean;

remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;

kcease to do evil,

¹⁷learn to do good;

lseek justice,

correct oppression;

mbring justice to the fatherless,

plead the widow's cause.

¹⁸“Come now, nlet us reason3 together, says the Lord:

though your sins are like scarlet,

they shall be as owhite as snow;

though they are red like crimson,

they shall become like wool.

¹⁹pIf you are willing and obedient,

you shall eat the good of the land;

²⁰but if you refuse and rebel,

you shall be eaten by the sword;

qfor the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

The Unfaithful City

²¹How the faithful city

rhas become a whore,4

sshe who was full of justice!

Righteousness lodged in her,

but now murderers.

²²tYour silver has become dross,

your best wine mixed with water.

²³Your princes are rebels

and companions of thieves.

Everyone uloves a bribe

and runs after gifts.

vThey do not bring justice to the fatherless,

and the widow's cause does not come to them.

²⁴Therefore the wLord declares,

the Lord of hosts,

the xMighty One of Israel:

“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies

yand avenge myself on my foes.

²⁵zI will turn my hand against you

and will smelt away your adross as with lye

and remove all your alloy.

²⁶And I will restore your judges bas at the first,

and your counselors as at the beginning.

Afterward cyou shall be called the city of righteousness,

the faithful city.”

²⁷dZion shall be redeemed by justice,

and those in her who repent, by righteousness.

²⁸eBut rebels and sinners shall be broken together,

and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

²⁹fFor they5 shall be ashamed of gthe oaks

that you desired;

and you shall blush for hthe gardens

that you have chosen.

³⁰For you shall be ilike an oak

whose leaf withers,

and like a garden without water.

³¹And the strong shall become jtinder,

and his work a spark,

and both of them shall burn together,

with knone to quench them.