^{1 Ref} The vision of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, which he saw about Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

^{2 Ref} Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.

^{3 Ref} Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.

^{4 Ref} O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.

^{5 Ref} Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.

^{6 Ref} The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.

^{7 Ref} Your country has become waste; your towns are burned with fire; as for your land, it is overturned before your eyes, made waste and overcome by men from strange lands.

^{8 Ref} And the daughter of Zion has become like a tent in a vine-garden, like a watchman's house in a field of fruit, like a town shut in by armies.

^{9 Ref} If the Lord of armies had not kept some at least of us safe, we would have been like Sodom, and the fate of Gomorrah would have been ours.

^{10 Ref} Give ear to the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; let your hearts be turned to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

^{11 Ref} What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

^{12 Ref} At whose request do you come before me, making my house unclean with your feet?

^{13 Ref} Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings.

^{14 Ref} Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.

^{15 Ref} And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.

^{16 Ref} Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;

^{17 Ref} Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

^{18 Ref} Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?

^{19 Ref} If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours;

^{20 Ref} But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.

^{21 Ref} The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.

^{22 Ref} Your silver is no longer true metal, your wine is mixed with water.

^{23 Ref} Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

^{24 Ref} For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;

^{25 Ref} And my hand will again be on you, washing away what is unclean as with soap, and taking away all your false metal;

^{26 Ref} And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.

^{27 Ref} Upright acts will be the price of Zion's forgiveness, and by righteousness will men be living there.

^{28 Ref} But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.

^{29 Ref} For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.

^{30 Ref} For you will be like a tree whose leaves have become dry, and like a garden without water.

^{31 Ref} And the strong will be as food for the fire, and his work as a flame; and they will be burned together, with no one to put out the fire.

^{1 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.

^{4 Ref} Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy `with' 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 Ref} Wherefore are ye stricken any more? Ye do add apostacy! Every head is become diseased, and every heart `is' sick.

^{6 Ref} 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 Ref} Your land `is' a desolation, your cities burnt with fire, Your ground, before you strangers are consuming it, And a desolation as overthrown by strangers!

^{8 Ref} 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 Ref} Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly -- as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!

^{10 Ref} Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom, Give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah,

^{11 Ref} `Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated `with' burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired.

^{12 Ref} When ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts?

^{13 Ref} Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense -- an abomination it `is' to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity -- and a restraint!

^{14 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive `for' the widow.

^{18 Ref} 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 Ref} If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,

^{20 Ref} And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, `By' the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

^{21 Ref} How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it `with' judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it -- now murderers.

^{22 Ref} Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.

^{23 Ref} Thy princes `are' 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 Ref} 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 Ref} And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin,

^{26 Ref} 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 Ref} Zion in judgment is redeemed, And her captivity in righteousness.

^{28 Ref} And the destruction of transgressors and sinners `is' together, And those forsaking Jehovah are consumed.

^{29 Ref} For `men' are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen.

^{30 Ref} For ye are as an oak whose leaf is fading, And as a garden that hath no water.

^{31 Ref} 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!

^{1 Ref} 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 Ref} Hear, heavens, And listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me.

^{3 Ref} The ox knows his owner, And the donkey his master's crib; But Israel doesn't know, My people don't consider.

^{4 Ref} Ah sinful nation, A people loaded with iniquity, A seed of evil-doers, Children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.

^{5 Ref} Why should you be beaten more, That you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faint.

^{6 Ref} From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it: Wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven't been closed, neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil.

^{7 Ref} Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence, And it is desolate, As overthrown by strangers.

^{8 Ref} The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a hut in a field of melons, Like a besieged city.

^{9 Ref} Unless Yahweh of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, We would have been as Sodom; We would have been like Gomorrah.

^{10 Ref} Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

^{11 Ref} "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, And the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs, Or of male goats.

^{12 Ref} When you come to appear before me, Who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

^{13 Ref} Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies.

^{14 Ref} My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts; They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.

^{15 Ref} When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

^{16 Ref} Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; Cease to do evil.

^{17 Ref} Learn to do well. Seek justice, Relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, Plead for the widow."

^{18 Ref} "Come now, and let us reason together," says Yahweh: "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 Ref} If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;

^{20 Ref} But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it."

^{21 Ref} How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, But now murderers.

^{22 Ref} Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water.

^{23 Ref} Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, Neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

^{24 Ref} Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, The Mighty One of Israel, says: "Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, And avenge myself of my enemies;

^{25 Ref} And I will turn my hand on you, Thoroughly purge away your dross, And will take away all your tin.

^{26 Ref} 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, A faithful town.'

^{27 Ref} Zion shall be redeemed with justice, And her converts with righteousness.

^{28 Ref} But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, And those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed.

^{29 Ref} For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.

^{30 Ref} For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, And as a garden that has no water.

^{31 Ref} The strong will be like tinder, And his work like a spark. They will both burn together, And no one will quench them."