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Isaiah 1:2-9
Common English Bible
Isaiah 1:2-9
Common English Bible
Rebels condemned
2 Hear you heavens, and listen earth,
for the Lord has spoken:
I reared children; I raised them,
and they turned against me!
3 An ox knows its owner,
and a donkey its master’s feeding trough.
But Israel doesn’t know;
my people don’t behave intelligently.
4 Doom! Sinful nation, people weighed down with crimes,
evildoing offspring, corrupt children!
They have abandoned the Lord,
despised the holy one of Israel;
they turned their backs on God.
5 Why do you invite further beatings?
Why continue to rebel?
Everyone’s head throbs,
and everyone’s heart fails.
6 From head to toe, none are well—
only bruises, cuts, and raw wounds,
not treated, not bandaged,
not soothed with oil.
7 Your country is deserted,
your cities burned with fire;
your land—strangers are devouring it in plain sight.
It’s a wasteland, as when foreigners raid.
8 Daughter Zion is left like a small shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut in a cucumber field,
like a city besieged.[a]
9 If the Lord of heavenly forces had not spared a few of us,
we would be like Sodom; we would resemble Gomorrah.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:8 LXX, Vulg; MT spared
Isaiah 1:2-9
New International Version
Isaiah 1:2-9
New International Version
A Rebellious Nation
2 Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!(A)
For the Lord has spoken:(B)
“I reared children(C) and brought them up,
but they have rebelled(D) against me.
3 The ox knows(E) its master,
the donkey its owner’s manger,(F)
but Israel does not know,(G)
my people do not understand.(H)”
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)
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