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.
3 The ox (D)knows its owner,
and the donkey its master's crib,
but Israel does (E)not know,
my people do not understand.”
4 Ah, 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.
Footnotes
- 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;
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
(H)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute
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