Book of Isaiah, Chapter 1

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Isaiah 1 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 1 of Isaiah—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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¶ The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning ¹Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw during the ^[a]reigns of ²Uzziah, ³Jotham, ⁴Ahaz and ⁵Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
¶ ⁶Listen, O heavens, and hear, O ⁷earth;
For the LORD speaks,
“⁸Sons I have reared and brought up,
But they have ⁹revolted against Me.
“An ox knows its owner,
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel ¹⁰does not know,
My people ¹¹do not understand.”
¶ Alas, sinful nation,
People weighed down with iniquity,
^[b]¹²Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who ¹³act corruptly!
They have ¹⁴abandoned the LORD,
They have ¹⁵despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away ^[c]from Him.
¶ Where will you be stricken again,
As you ¹⁶continue in your rebellion?
The whole head is ¹⁷sick
And the whole heart is faint.
¹⁸From the sole of the foot even to the head
There is ¹⁹nothing sound in it,
Only bruises, welts and raw wounds,
²⁰Not pressed out or bandaged,
Nor softened with oil.
¶ Your ²¹land is desolate,
Your cities are burned with fire,
Your fields—strangers are devouring them in your presence;
It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.
The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard,
Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
²²Unless the LORD of hosts
Had left us a few ²³survivors,
We would be like ²⁴Sodom,
We would be like Gomorrah.
¶ Hear ²⁵the word of the LORD,
You rulers of ²⁶Sodom;
Give ear to the instruction of our God,
You people of Gomorrah.
“²⁷What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?”
Says the LORD.
“I ^[d]have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.
“When you come ²⁸to appear before Me,
Who requires ^[e]of you this trampling of My courts?
“Bring your worthless offerings no longer,
²⁹Incense is an abomination to Me.
³⁰New moon and sabbath, the ³¹calling of assemblies—
I cannot ³²endure iniquity and the solemn assembly.
“I hate your new moon festivals and your ³³appointed feasts,
They have become a burden to Me;
I am ³⁴weary of bearing them.
“So when you ³⁵spread out your hands in prayer,
³⁶I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you ³⁷multiply prayers,
I will not listen.
³⁸Your hands are ^[f]covered with blood.
¶ “³⁹Wash yourselves, ⁴⁰make yourselves clean;
⁴¹Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
⁴²Cease to do evil,
Learn to do good;
⁴³Seek justice,
Reprove the ruthless,
^[g]⁴⁴Defend the orphan,
Plead for the widow.
¶ “Come now, and ⁴⁵let us reason together,”
Says the LORD,
“⁴⁶Though your sins are as scarlet,
They will be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They will be like wool.
“⁴⁷If you consent and obey,
You will ⁴⁸eat the best of the land;
“But if you refuse and rebel,
You will be ⁴⁹devoured by the sword.”
Truly, ⁵⁰the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
¶ How the faithful city has become a ⁵¹harlot,
She who was full of justice!
Righteousness once lodged in her,
But now murderers.
Your silver has become dross,
Your drink diluted with water.
Your ⁵²rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyone ⁵³loves a bribe
And chases after rewards.
They ⁵⁴do not ^[h]defend the ^[i]orphan,
Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.
¶ Therefore the Lord ^[j]GOD of hosts,
The ⁵⁵Mighty One of Israel, declares,
“Ah, I will be relieved of My adversaries
And ⁵⁶avenge Myself on My foes.
“I will also turn My hand against you,
And will ⁵⁷smelt away your dross as with lye
And will remove all your alloy.
“Then I will restore your ⁵⁸judges as at the first,
And your counselors as at the beginning;
After that you will be called the ⁵⁹city of righteousness,
A faithful city.”
¶ Zion will be ⁶⁰redeemed with justice
And her ^[k]repentant ones with righteousness.
But ^[l]transgressors and sinners will be ⁶¹crushed together,
And those who forsake the LORD will come to an end.
Surely ^[m]you will be ashamed of the ^[n]⁶²oaks which you have desired,
And you will be embarrassed at the ⁶³gardens which you have chosen.
For you will be like an ^[o]oak whose ⁶⁴leaf fades away
Or as a garden that has no water.
The strong man will become tinder,
His work also a spark.
Thus they shall both ⁶⁵burn together
And there will be ⁶⁶none to quench them.

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FOOTNOTES

^ Lit days
^ Lit Seed
^ Lit backward
^ Or am sated with
^ Lit of your hand
^ Lit full of
^ Or Vindicate the fatherless
^ Or vindicate
^ Or fatherless
^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
^ Or returnees
^ Lit crushing of transgressors and sinners shall be together
^ So with some mss; M.T. they
^ Or terebinths
^ Or terebinth

REFERENCES

^ Is 2:1; 40:9
^ 2Ki 15:1-7, 13; 2Ch 26:1-23
^ 2Ki 15:32-38; 2Ch 27:1-9
^ 2Ki 16:1-20; 2Ch 28:1-27; Is 7:1
^ 2Ki 18:1-20:21; 2Ch 29:1-32:33
^ De 32:1
^ Mc 1:2
^ Je 3:22
^ Is 30:1, 9; 65:2
^ Je 9:3, 6
^ Is 44:18
^ Is 14:20
^ Ne 1:7
^ Is 1:28
^ Is 5:24
^ Is 31:6
^ Is 33:24; Eze 34:4, 16
^ Jb 2:7
^ Ps 38:3
^ Je 8:22
^ Le 26:33; Je 44:6
^ Ro 9:29
^ Is 10:20-22; 11:11, 16; 37:4, 31, 32; 46:3
^ Ge 19:24
^ Is 8:20; 28:14
^ Is 3:9; Eze 16:49; Ro 9:29; Re 11:8
^ Ps 50:8; Je 6:20; Am 5:21, 22; Ml 1:10
^ Ex 23:17
^ Is 66:3
^ 1Ch 23:31
^ Ex 12:16
^ Je 7:9, 10
^ Is 29:1, 2
^ Is 7:13; 43:24
^ 1Ki 8:22; La 1:17
^ Is 8:17; 59:2
^ Mc 3:4
^ Is 59:3
^ Ps 26:6
^ Is 52:11
^ Is 55:7
^ Je 25:5
^ Je 22:3; Zp 2:3
^ Ps 82:3
^ Is 41:1, 21; 43:26; Mc 6:2
^ Ps 51:7; Is 43:25; 44:22; Re 7:14
^ De 28:1; 30:15, 16
^ Is 55:2
^ Is 3:25; 65:12
^ Is 40:5; 58:14; Mc 4:4; Ti 1:2
^ Is 57:3-9; Je 2:20
^ Ho 5:10; Mc 7:3
^ Ex 23:8; Mc 7:3
^ Is 10:2; Je 5:28; Eze 22:7; Zc 7:10
^ Ps 132:2; Is 49:26; 60:16
^ De 28:63; Is 35:4; 59:18; 61:2; 63:4
^ Eze 22:19-22; Ml 3:3
^ Is 60:17
^ Is 33:5; 60:14; 62:1, 2; Zc 8:3
^ Is 35:9f; 62:12; 63:4
^ Ps 9:5; Is 66:24; 2Th 1:8, 9
^ Is 57:5
^ Is 65:3; 66:17
^ Is 64:6
^ Is 5:24; 9:19; 26:11; 33:11-14
^ Is 66:24; Mt 3:12; Mr 9:43

Book of Isaiah, Chapter 1

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