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Isaiah 1:2-9
GOD’S WORD Translation
Isaiah 1:2-9
GOD’S WORD Translation
The Lord Accuses Israel of Sin
2 Listen, heaven, and pay attention, earth!
The Lord has spoken,
“I raised ⌞my⌟ children and helped them grow,
but they have rebelled against me.
3 Oxen know their owners,
and donkeys know where their masters feed them.
But Israel doesn’t know ⌞its owner⌟.
My people don’t understand ⌞who feeds them⌟.
4 “How horrible it will be for a nation that sins.
⌞Its⌟ people are loaded down with guilt.
They are descendants of evildoers
and destructive children.
They have abandoned the Lord.
They have despised the Holy One of Israel.
They have turned their backs on him.
5 “Why do you still want to be beaten?
Why do you continue to rebel?
Your whole head is infected.
Your whole heart is failing.
6 From the bottom of your feet to the top of your head
there is no healthy spot left on your ⌞body⌟—
only bruises, sores, and fresh wounds.
They haven’t been cleansed, bandaged,
or soothed with oil.
7 “Your country is devastated.
Your cities are burned down.
Your fields are destroyed right before your eyes by foreigners.
Your fields are devastated and taken over by foreigners.
8 My people Zion are left like a hut in a vineyard,
like a shack in a cucumber field,
like a city under attack.”
9 If the Lord of Armies hadn’t left us a few survivors,
we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.
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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