³ Restore^(F) us,^(G) O God;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.^(H)

⁴ How long,^(I) Lord God Almighty,
    will your anger smolder^(J)
    against the prayers of your people?
⁵ You have fed them with the bread of tears;^(K)
    you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.^(L)
6 You have made us an object of derision^[b] to our neighbors,
    and our enemies mock us.^(M)

⁷ Restore us, God Almighty;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.^(N)

⁸ You transplanted a vine^(O) from Egypt;
    you drove out^(P) the nations and planted^(Q) it.
⁹ You cleared the ground for it,
    and it took root and filled the land.
¹⁰ The mountains were covered with its shade,
    the mighty cedars with its branches.
¹¹ Its branches reached as far as the Sea,^[c]
    its shoots as far as the River.^[d](R)

¹² Why have you broken down its walls^(S)
    so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
¹³ Boars from the forest ravage^(T) it,
    and insects from the fields feed on it.
¹⁴ Return to us, God Almighty!
    Look down from heaven and see!^(U)
Watch over this vine,
¹⁵     the root your right hand has planted,
    the son^[e] you have raised up for yourself.

¹⁶ Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;^(V)
    at your rebuke^(W) your people perish.
¹⁷ Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,
    the son of man^(X) you have raised up for yourself.
¹⁸ Then we will not turn away from you;
    revive^(Y) us, and we will call on your name.

¹⁹ Restore us, Lord God Almighty;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.

⁴ Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,^(I)
a brood of evildoers,^(J)
    children given to corruption!^(K)
They have forsaken^(L) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One^(M) of Israel
    and turned their backs^(N) on him.

⁵ Why should you be beaten^(O) anymore?
    Why do you persist^(P) in rebellion?^(Q)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart^(R) afflicted.^(S)
6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head^(T)
    there is no soundness^(U)—
only wounds and welts^(V)
    and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged^(W)
    or soothed with olive oil.^(X)

⁷ Your country is desolate,^(Y)
    your cities burned with fire;^(Z)
your fields are being stripped by foreigners^(AA)
    right before you,
    laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.^(AB)
8 Daughter Zion^(AC) is left^(AD)
    like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut^(AE) in a cucumber field,
    like a city under siege.
⁹ Unless the Lord Almighty
    had left us some survivors,^(AF)
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.^(AG)

¹⁰ Hear the word of the Lord,^(AH)
    you rulers of Sodom;^(AI)
listen to the instruction^(AJ) of our God,
    you people of Gomorrah!^(AK)
11 “The multitude of your sacrifices—
    what are they to me?” says the Lord.
“I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
    of rams and the fat of fattened animals;^(AL)
I have no pleasure^(AM)
    in the blood of bulls^(AN) and lambs and goats.^(AO)
12 When you come to appear before me,
    who has asked this of you,^(AP)
    this trampling of my courts?
¹³ Stop bringing meaningless offerings!^(AQ)
    Your incense^(AR) is detestable^(AS) to me.
New Moons,^(AT) Sabbaths and convocations^(AU)—
    I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
¹⁴ Your New Moon^(AV) feasts and your appointed festivals^(AW)
    I hate with all my being.^(AX)
They have become a burden to me;^(AY)
    I am weary^(AZ) of bearing them.
¹⁵ When you spread out your hands^(BA) in prayer,
    I hide^(BB) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.^(BC)

Your hands^(BD) are full of blood!^(BE)

¹⁶ Wash^(BF) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;^(BG)
    stop doing wrong.^(BH)
17 Learn to do right;^(BI) seek justice.^(BJ)
    Defend the oppressed.^[a](BK)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;^(BL)
    plead the case of the widow.^(BM)

¹⁸ “Come now, let us settle the matter,”^(BN)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;^(BO)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.^(BP)
19 If you are willing and obedient,^(BQ)
    you will eat the good things of the land;^(BR)
20 but if you resist and rebel,^(BS)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”^(BT)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.^(BU)

²¹ See how the faithful city
    has become a prostitute!^(BV)
She once was full of justice;
    righteousness^(BW) used to dwell in her—
    but now murderers!^(BX)
22 Your silver has become dross,^(BY)
    your choice wine is diluted with water.
²³ Your rulers are rebels,^(BZ)
    partners with thieves;^(CA)
they all love bribes^(CB)
    and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
    the widow’s case does not come before them.^(CC)

²⁴ Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    the Mighty One^(CD) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
    and avenge^(CE) myself on my enemies.^(CF)
25 I will turn my hand against you;^[b](CG)
    I will thoroughly purge^(CH) away your dross^(CI)
    and remove all your impurities.^(CJ)
26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,^(CK)
    your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called^(CL)
    the City of Righteousness,^(CM)
    the Faithful City.^(CN)”

²⁷ Zion will be delivered with justice,
    her penitent^(CO) ones with righteousness.^(CP)

¹⁰ You have forgotten^(B) God your Savior;^(C)
    you have not remembered the Rock,^(D) your fortress.^(E)
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
    and plant imported vines,^(F)
11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
    and on the morning^(G) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest^(H) will be as nothing^(I)
    in the day of disease and incurable^(J) pain.^(K)

²² “Yet you have not called on me, Jacob,
    you have not wearied^(A) yourselves for^[a] me, Israel.^(B)
23 You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings,^(C)
    nor honored^(D) me with your sacrifices.^(E)
I have not burdened^(F) you with grain offerings
    nor wearied you with demands^(G) for incense.^(H)
24 You have not bought any fragrant calamus^(I) for me,
    or lavished on me the fat^(J) of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins
    and wearied^(K) me with your offenses.^(L)

²⁵ “I, even I, am he who blots out
    your transgressions,^(M) for my own sake,^(N)
    and remembers your sins^(O) no more.^(P)
26 Review the past for me,
    let us argue the matter together;^(Q)
    state the case^(R) for your innocence.
²⁷ Your first father^(S) sinned;
    those I sent to teach^(T) you rebelled^(U) against me.
²⁸ So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple;
    I consigned Jacob to destruction^[b](V)
    and Israel to scorn.^(W)