Isaiah 1:2-4

English Standard Version

The Wickedness of Judah

²^(A)Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O ^(B)earth;
    for the Lord has spoken:
“Children^[a] ^(C)have I reared and brought up,
    but they have rebelled against me.
³The ox ^(D)knows its owner,
    and the donkey its master's crib,
but Israel does ^(E)not know,
    my people do not understand.”

⁴Ah, sinful nation,
    a people laden with iniquity,
^(F)offspring of evildoers,
    children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
    they have ^(G)despised ^(H)the Holy One of Israel,
    they are utterly ^(I)estranged.

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Isaiah 1:2 Or Sons; also verse 4

Isaiah 1:16-20

English Standard Version

¹⁶^(A)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
    remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
^(B)cease to do evil,
¹⁷    learn to do good;
^(C)seek justice,
    correct oppression;
^(D)bring justice to the fatherless,
    plead the widow's cause.

¹⁸“Come now, ^(E)let us reason^[a] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as ^(F)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
    they shall become like wool.
¹⁹^(G)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;
    ^(H)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”