Isaiah 1:4-8

English Standard Version

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

⁵Why will you still be ^(E)struck down?
    Why will you ^(F)continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
    and the whole heart faint.
⁶^(G)From the sole of the foot even to the head,
    there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
    and raw wounds;
they are ^(H)not pressed out or bound up
    or softened with oil.

⁷^(I)Your country lies desolate;
    your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
    foreigners devour your land;
    it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
⁸And ^(J)the daughter of Zion is left
    like a ^(K)booth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
    like a besieged city.