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Book of Isaiah, Chapter 1

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

  1. ¶ 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.
  2. 6Listen, O heavens, and hear, O 7earth;
    For the LORD speaks,
    “8Sons I have reared and brought up,
    But they have 9revolted against Me.
  3. “An ox knows its owner,
    And a donkey its master’s manger,
    But Israel 10does not know,
    My people 11do not understand.”
  4. ¶ 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.
  5. ¶ Where will you be stricken again,
    As you 16continue in your rebellion?
    The whole head is 17sick
    And the whole heart is faint.
  6. 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.
  7. ¶ 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 22Unless the LORD of hosts
    Had left us a few 23survivors,
    We would be like 24Sodom,
    We would be like Gomorrah.
  10. ¶ Hear 25the word of the LORD,
    You rulers of 26Sodom;
    Give ear to the instruction of our God,
    You people of Gomorrah.
  11. “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.
  12. “When you come 28to appear before Me,
    Who requires [e]of you this trampling of My courts?
  13. “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.
  14. “I hate your new moon festivals and your 33appointed feasts,
    They have become a burden to Me;
    I am 34weary of bearing them.
  15. “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.
  16. ¶ “39Wash yourselves, 40make yourselves clean;
    41Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
    42Cease to do evil,
  17. Learn to do good;
    43Seek justice,
    Reprove the ruthless,
    [g]44Defend the orphan,
    Plead for the widow.
  18. ¶ “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.
  19. “47If you consent and obey,
    You will 48eat the best of the land;
  20. “But if you refuse and rebel,
    You will be 49devoured by the sword.”
    Truly, 50the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
  21. ¶ How the faithful city has become a 51harlot,
    She who was full of justice!
    Righteousness once lodged in her,
    But now murderers.
  22. Your silver has become dross,
    Your drink diluted with water.
  23. 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.
  24. ¶ 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.
  25. “I will also turn My hand against you,
    And will 57smelt away your dross as with lye
    And will remove all your alloy.
  26. “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.”
  27. ¶ Zion will be 60redeemed with justice
    And her [k]repentant ones with righteousness.
  28. But [l]transgressors and sinners will be 61crushed together,
    And those who forsake the LORD will come to an end.
  29. 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.
  30. For you will be like an [o]oak whose 64leaf fades away
    Or as a garden that has no water.
  31. 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.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit days
  2. ^ Lit Seed
  3. ^ Lit backward
  4. ^ Or am sated with
  5. ^ Lit of your hand
  6. ^ Lit full of
  7. ^ Or Vindicate the fatherless
  8. ^ Or vindicate
  9. ^ Or fatherless
  10. ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  11. ^ Or returnees
  12. ^ Lit crushing of transgressors and sinners shall be together
  13. ^ So with some mss; M.T. they
  14. ^ Or terebinths
  15. ^ Or terebinth

REFERENCES

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

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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