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19 If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.

20 But if you will not, and will provoke me to wrath: the sword shall devour you because the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

21 How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers.

22 Thy silver is turned into dross: thy wine is mingled with water.

23 Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, the run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless: and the widow's cometh not in to them.

24 Therefore saith the Lord the God of hosts, the mighty one of Israel: Ah! I will comfort myself over my adversaries: and I will be revenged of my enemies.

25 And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dress, and I will take away all thy tin.

26 And I will restore thy judges as they were before, and thy counsellors as of old. After this thou shalt be called the city of the just, a faithful city.

27 Sion shall be redeemed in judgment, and they shall bring her back in justice.

28 And he shall destroy the wicked, and the sinners together: and they that have forsaken the Lord, shall be consumed.

29 For they shall be confounded for the idols, to which they have sacrificed: and you shall be ashamed of the gardens which you have chosen.

30 When you shall be as an oak with the leaves falling off, and as a garden without water.

31 And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it.

The word that Isaias the son of Amos saw, concerning Juda and Jerusalem.

And in the last days the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared on the top of mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it.

And many people shall go, and say: Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

19 If you are willing and obedient,(A)
    you will eat the good things of the land;(B)
20 but if you resist and rebel,(C)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”(D)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(E)

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

24 Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    the Mighty One(N) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
    and avenge(O) myself on my enemies.(P)
25 I will turn my hand against you;[a](Q)
    I will thoroughly purge(R) away your dross(S)
    and remove all your impurities.(T)
26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,(U)
    your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called(V)
    the City of Righteousness,(W)
    the Faithful City.(X)

27 Zion will be delivered with justice,
    her penitent(Y) ones with righteousness.(Z)
28 But rebels and sinners(AA) will both be broken,
    and those who forsake(AB) the Lord will perish.(AC)

29 “You will be ashamed(AD) because of the sacred oaks(AE)
    in which you have delighted;
you will be disgraced because of the gardens(AF)
    that you have chosen.
30 You will be like an oak with fading leaves,(AG)
    like a garden without water.
31 The mighty man will become tinder
    and his work a spark;
both will burn together,
    with no one to quench the fire.(AH)

The Mountain of the Lord(AI)

This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:(AJ)

In the last days(AK)

the mountain(AL) of the Lord’s temple will be established
    as the highest of the mountains;(AM)
it will be exalted(AN) above the hills,
    and all nations will stream to it.(AO)

Many peoples(AP) will come and say,

“Come, let us go(AQ) up to the mountain(AR) of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(AS) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(AT)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:25 That is, against Jerusalem