Book of Isaiah, Chapter 1
Chapter 1 of Isaiah
for the LORD has spoken:
“Sons have I reared and brought up,
but they have rebelled against me.
and the ass its master’s crib;
but Israel does not know,
my people does not understand.”
a people laden with iniquity,
offspring of evildoers,
sons who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the LORD,
they have despised the Holy One of Israel,
they are utterly estranged.
that you continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
and bleeding wounds;
they are not pressed out, or bound up,
or softened with oil.
your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
aliens devour your land;
it is desolate, as overthrown by aliens.
like a booth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
had not left us a few survivors,
we should have been like Sodom,
and become like Gomor′rah.
you rulers of Sodom!
Give ear to the teaching of our God,
you people of Gomor′rah!
says the LORD;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of he-goats.
who requires of you
this trampling of my courts?
incense is an abomination to me.
New moon and sabbath and the calling of assemblies—
I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me,
I am weary of bearing them.
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
your hands are full of blood.
remove the evil of your doings
from before my eyes;
cease to do evil,
seek justice,
correct oppression;
defend the fatherless,
plead for the widow.
says the LORD:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
you shall eat the good of the land;
you shall be devoured by the sword;
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
has become a harlot,
she that was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.
your wine mixed with water.
and companions of thieves.
Every one loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
They do not defend the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.
the LORD of hosts,
the Mighty One of Israel:
“Ah, I will vent my wrath on my enemies,
and avenge myself on my foes.
and will smelt away your dross as with lye
and remove all your alloy.
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness,
the faithful city.”
and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
in which you delighted;
and you shall blush for the gardens
which you have chosen.
whose leaf withers,
and like a garden without water.
and his work a spark,
and both of them shall burn together,
with none to quench them.Read Isaiah Chapter 1 in other Bible versions:
