Isaiah 1

1 [the] vision of Isaiah [the] son of Amoz which he saw on Judah and Jerusalem in [the] days of Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah [the] 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 Hear O heavens and give ear O earth for Yahweh he has spoken children I have brought up and I have raised and they they have rebelled against me.

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD hath spoken: Children I have reared, and brought up, and they have rebelled against Me.

3 It knows an ox owner its and a donkey [the] feeding trough of owner its Israel not it knows people my not it considers carefully.

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.

4 Woe to! - a nation [which] sins a people heavy of iniquity of spring [who] do evil children [who] behave corruptly they have forsaken Yahweh they have spurned [the] holy [one] of Israel they have become estranged back part.

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly; they have forsaken the LORD, they have contemned the Holy One of Israel, they are turned away backward.

5 Concerning what? will you be struck again will you increase? rebellion all [the] head [is] for sickness and all [the] heart [is] faint.

On what part will ye yet be stricken, seeing ye stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;

6 From [the] sole of [the] foot and to [the] head there not in it [is] soundness bruise[s] and welt[s] and wound[s] fresh not they have been pressed out and not they have been bound up and not it has been softened with oil.

From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and festering sores: they have not been pressed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.

7 Land your [is] a desolation cities your [have been] burned fire ground your to before you strangers [are] devouring it and desolation [is] like [the] overthrow of 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 floods.

8 And she has been left [the] daughter of Zion like a shelter in a vineyard like a watchman's hut in a cucumber field like a city besieged.

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

9 If not Yahweh of hosts he had left to us survivor[s] like a little like Sodom we were Gomorrah we were like.

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

10 Hear [the] word of Yahweh O rulers of Sodom give ear to [the] instruction of God our O people of Gomorrah.

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

11 Why? to me [the] multitude of sacrifices your he says Yahweh I have been surfeited burnt offerings of rams and [the] fat of fatlings and [the] blood of bulls and lambs and goats not I am pleased.

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 If you come to present yourselves presence my who? did he require this from hand your to trample courts my.

When ye come to appear before Me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample My courts?

13 Not you must repeat to bring an offering of worthlessness incense [is] an abomination it to me new moon and sabbath [the] calling of convocation[s] not I am able to endure wickedness and solemn assembli[es].

Bring no more vain oblations; it is an offering of abomination unto Me; new moon and sabbath, the holding of convocations — I cannot endure iniquity along with the solemn assembly.

14 New moons your and appointed feasts your it hates self my they have become on me a burden I am weary to bear [them].

Your new moons and your appointed seasons My soul hateth; they are a burden unto Me; I am weary to bear them.

15 And when spread out you hands your I will hide eyes my from you also for you will multiply prayer not I [will be] hearing hands your blood they are full.

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 cleanse yourselves remove [the] wickedness of deeds your from before eyes my cease to do evil.

Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes, cease to do evil;

17 learn To do good seek justice set right [the] oppressor vindicate [the] fatherless conduct a case for [the] widow.

Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

18 Come please so let us argue our case together he says Yahweh though they are sins your like scarlet like snow they will become white though they are red like crimson like wool they will be.

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 you will be willing and you will obey [the] good thing[s] of the land you will eat.

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land;

20 And if you will refuse and you will rebel [the] sword you will be eaten for [the] mouth of Yahweh it has spoken.

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

21 How! it has become a prostitute a town faithful full of justice righteousness it lodged in it and now murderers.

How is the faithful city become a harlot! She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

22 Silver your it has become dross drink your [has been] mixed with water.

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

23 Leaders your [are] rebels and companions of thieves all of it [is] loving a bribe and [is] pursuing rewards [the] fatherless not they vindicate and [the] lawsuit of a widow not it comes to them.

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

24 Therefore [the] utterance of the lord Yahweh of hosts [the] mighty one of Israel woe! I will ease myself from foes my and I will avenge myself from enemies my.

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 hand my on you so I may refine like potash dross your and I will remove all slag your.

And I will turn My hand upon thee, and purge away thy dross as with lye, and will take away all thine alloy;

26 And I will restore judges your as at the former [time] and counselors your as at the beginning after thus it will be called to you [the] city of righteousness a town faithful.

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 with justice it will be redeemed and repentant [ones] its with righteousness.

Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and they that return of her with righteousness.

28 And a crushing of rebels and sinners together and [those who] forsake Yahweh they will come to an end.

But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

29 For they will be ashamed from [the] oaks which you have desired and you may be abashed from the gardens which you have chosen.

For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

30 For you will be like an oak [which is] withering leafage its and like a garden which water not [belongs] to it.

For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

31 And he will become the strong [person] tow and work his a spark and they will burn both of them together and there not [will be one who] extinguishes.

And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.