AFV2020 - Isaiah - 1

1:1  The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

1:2  Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken, "I have reared and brought up children, but they have rebelled against Me.

1:3  The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib; but Israel does not know Me; My people do not understand."

1:4  Ah, sinful nation, a people burdened with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger; they have gone away backward.

1:5  Why should you be stricken any more? You will revolt more and more; the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

1:6  From the sole of the foot even to the top of the head there is no soundness in it; only wounds and bruises and putrefying sores; they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor soothed with ointment.

1:7  Your country is a desolation, your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land right in your very presence, and it is wasted, as overthrown by strangers.

1:8  And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, like a hut in a garden of cucumbers, like a besieged city.

1:9  Except the LORD of hosts had left us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom; we would have become like Gomorrah.

1:10  Hear the Word of the LORD, rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, people of Gomorrah.

1:11  "To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?" says the LORD; "I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

1:12  When you come to appear before Me, who has required this at your hand, to trample My courts?

1:13  Bring no more vain sacrifices; incense is an abomination to Me—new moon and Sabbath, the calling of assemblies; I cannot endure iniquity along with the solemn assembly!

1:14  Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; they are a trouble to Me; I am weary to bear them.

1:15  And when you spread forth your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; yea, when you make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.

1:16  Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes; cease to do evil;

1:17  Learn to do good; seek judgment, reprove the oppressor. Judge the orphan, plead for the widow.

1:18  Come now, and let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool.

1:19  If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

1:20  But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword;" for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.

1:21  How has the faithful city become a harlot? It was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it—but now murderers.

1:22  Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water;

1:23  Your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe, and is pursuing rewards; they do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

1:24  And the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel says, "Alas! I Myself will vent My wrath upon My foes, and avenge Myself of My enemies.

1:25  And I will turn back My hand upon you, and purge away your dross as with lye, and take away all your tin alloy.

1:26  And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning; afterwards you shall be called The City of Righteousness, The Faithful City."

1:27  Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and those in her who repent with righteousness.

1:28  And the downfall of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together; and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed,

1:29  For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens which you have chosen,

1:30  For you shall be like an oak whose leaf fades, and like a garden that has no water.

1:31  And the strong shall be like a wick, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall put them out.