Isaiah 1 (English Standard Version)

Isaiah 1

 ¹The^(A) vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem^(B) in the days of^(C) Uzziah,^(D) Jotham,^(E) Ahaz, and^(F) Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

The Wickedness of Judah

 ^2(G) Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O^(H) earth;
   for the LORD has spoken:
"Children^[a](I) have I reared and brought up,
   but they have rebelled against me.
³The ox^(J) knows its owner,
   and the donkey its master’s crib,
but Israel does not know,
   my people do not understand."

 ⁴Ah, sinful nation,
   a people laden with iniquity,
^(K) offspring of evildoers,
   children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the LORD,
   they have^(L) despised^(M) the Holy One of Israel,
   they are utterly^(N) estranged.

 ⁵Why will you still be^(O) struck down?
   Why will you^(P) continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
   and the whole heart faint.
^6(Q) From the sole of the foot even to the head,
   there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
   and raw wounds;
they are^(R) not pressed out or bound up
   or softened with oil.

 ^7(S) Your 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^(T) the daughter of Zion is left
   like a^(U) booth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
   like a besieged city.

 ^9(V) If the LORD of hosts
   had not left us^(W) a few survivors,
we should have been like^(X) Sodom,
   and become like Gomorrah.

 ¹⁰Hear the word of the LORD,
   you rulers of^{(Y) (Z)} Sodom!
Give ear to the teaching^[b] of our God,
   you people of Gomorrah!
^11(AA) "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^(AB) appear before me,
   who has required of you
   this trampling of my courts?
¹³Bring no more vain offerings;
   incense is an abomination to me.
^(AC) New moon and Sabbath and the^(AD) calling of convocations—
   I cannot endure^(AE) iniquity and^(AF) solemn assembly.
¹⁴Your^(AG) new moons and your appointed feasts
   my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
   I am weary of bearing them.
¹⁵When you^(AH) spread out your hands,
   I will hide my eyes from you;
^(AI) even though you make many prayers,
   I will not listen;
   ^(AJ) your hands are full of blood.
^16(AK) Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
   remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
^(AL) cease to do evil,
 ¹⁷learn to do good;
^(AM) seek justice,
   correct oppression;
^(AN) bring justice to the fatherless,
   plead the widow’s cause.

 ¹⁸"Come now,^(AO) let us reason^[c] together, says the LORD:though your sins are like scarlet,
   they shall be as^(AP) white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
   they shall become like wool.
^19(AQ) If 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;
   ^(AR) for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

The Unfaithful City

 ²¹How the faithful city
   ^(AS) has become a whore,^{[d]
   (AT)} she who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
   but now murderers.
^22(AU) Your silver has become dross,
   your best wine mixed with water.
²³Your princes are rebels
   and companions of thieves.
Everyone^(AV) loves a bribe
   and runs after gifts.
^(AW) They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
   and the widow’s cause does not come to them.

 ²⁴Therefore the^(AX) Lord declares,
   the LORD of hosts,
   the^(AY) Mighty One of Israel:
"Ah, I will get relief from my enemies
   ^(AZ) and avenge myself on my foes.
^25(BA) I will turn my hand against you
   and will smelt away your^(BB) dross as with lye
   and remove all your alloy.
²⁶And I will restore your judges^(BC) as at the first,
   and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward^(BD) you shall be called the city of righteousness,
   the faithful city."

 ^27(BE) Zion shall be redeemed by justice,
   and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
^28(BF) But rebels and sinners shall be broken together,
   and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
^29(BG) For they^[e] shall be ashamed of^(BH) the oaks
   that you desired;
and you shall blush for^(BI) the gardens
   that you have chosen.
³⁰For you shall be^(BJ) like an oak
   whose leaf withers,
   and like a garden without water.
³¹And the strong shall become^(BK) tinder,
   and his work a spark,
and both of them shall burn together,
   with^(BL) none to quench them.