Isaiah 1:2-9
Christian Standard Bible
Judah on Trial
2 Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth,(A)
for the Lord has spoken:
“I have raised children[a] and brought them up,
but they have rebelled against me.(B)
3 The ox knows its owner,
and the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
but Israel does not know;
my people do not understand.”(C)
4 Oh sinful nation,
people weighed down with iniquity,(D)
brood of evildoers,(E)
depraved children!
They have abandoned(F) the Lord;
they have despised(G) the Holy One of Israel;(H)
they have turned their backs on him.
5 Why do you want more beatings?
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.
6 From the sole of the foot even to the head,(I)
no spot is uninjured(J)—
wounds, welts, and festering sores
not cleansed, bandaged,
or soothed with oil.
7 Your land is desolate,
your cities burned down;(K)
foreigners devour your fields
right in front of you—
a desolation, like a place demolished by foreigners.
8 Daughter Zion(L) is abandoned
like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a shack in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
9 If the Lord of Armies(M)
had not left us a few survivors,(N)
we would be like Sodom,
we would resemble Gomorrah.(O)
Footnotes
- 1:2 Or sons, also in v. 4
Isaiah 1:2-9
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.
5 Why will you still be (J)struck down?
Why will you (K)continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
6 (L)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 (M)not pressed out or bound up
or softened with oil.
7 (N)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.
8 And (O)the daughter of Zion is left
like a (P)booth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
9 (Q)If the Lord of hosts
had not left us (R)a few survivors,
we should have been like (S)Sodom,
and become like (T)Gomorrah.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:2 Or Sons; also verse 4
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