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| 1The 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. | 1The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. |
| 2Hear, 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. | 2Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth, for the LORD has spoken:" I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. |
| 3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. | 3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's feeding trough, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand." |
| 4Ah 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. | 4Oh sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, brood of evildoers, depraved children! They have abandoned the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they have turned their backs on Him. |
| 5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. | 5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep on rebelling? The whole head is hurt, and the whole heart is sick. |
| 6From 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. | 6From the sole of the foot even to the head, no spot is uninjured-- wounds, welts, and festering sores not cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil. |
| 7Your 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. | 7Your land is desolate, your cities burned with fire; foreigners devour your fields before your very eyes-- a desolation demolished by foreigners. |
| 8And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. | 8Daughter Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a besieged city. |
| 9Except 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. | 9If the LORD of Hosts had not left us a few survivors, we would be like Sodom, we would resemble Gomorrah. |
| 10Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. | 10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!" |
| 11To 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. | 11What are all your sacrifices to Me?" asks the LORD." I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I have no desire for the blood of bulls, lambs, or male goats. |
| 12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? | 12When you come to appear before Me, who requires this from you-- this trampling of My courts? |
| 13Bring 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. | 13Stop bringing useless offerings. Your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons and Sabbaths, and the calling of solemn assemblies-- I cannot stand iniquity with a festival. |
| 14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. | 14I hate your New Moons and prescribed festivals. They have become a burden to Me; I am tired of putting up with them. |
| 15And 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. | 15When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood." |
| 16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; | 16Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil. |
| 17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. | 17Learn to do what is good. Seek justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow's cause." |
| 18Come 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. | 18Come, let us discuss this," says the LORD." Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will be like wool. |
| 19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: | 19If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land. |
| 20But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. | 20But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. |
| 21How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. | 21The faithful city-- what an adulteress she has become! She was once full of justice. Righteousness once dwelt in her-- but now, murderers! |
| 22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: | 22Your silver has become dross, your beer is diluted with water. |
| 23Thy 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. | 23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow's case never comes before them. |
| 24Therefore 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: | 24Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares:" Ah, I will gain satisfaction from My foes; I will take revenge against My enemies. |
| 25And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: | 25I will turn My hand against you and will burn away your dross completely; I will remove all your impurities. |
| 26And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. | 26I will restore your judges to what they once were, and your advisers to their former state. Afterward you will be called the Righteous City, a Faithful City." |
| 27Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. | 27Zion will be redeemed by justice, her repentant ones by righteousness. |
| 28And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. | 28But both rebels and sinners will be destroyed, and those who abandon the LORD will perish. |
| 29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. | 29Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you desired, and you will be embarrassed because of the gardens you have chosen. |
| 30For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. | 30For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, and like a garden without water. |
| 31And 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. | 31The strong one will become tinder, and his work a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames. |
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