Isaiah 1
1The 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.
and listen, earth; for Yahweh
“I have nourished and brought up children
and they have rebelled against me.
and the donkey his master’s crib;
but Israel doesn’t know.
My people don’t consider.”
a people loaded with iniquity,
offspring
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken Yahweh.
They have despised the Holy One of Israel.
They are estranged and backward.
that you revolt more and more?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
wounds, welts, and open sores.
They haven’t been closed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.
Your cities are burned with fire.
Strangers devour your land in your presence
and it is desolate,
as overthrown by strangers.
like a hut in a field of melons,
like a besieged city.
we would have been as Sodom.
We would have been like Gomorrah.
Listen to the law of our God,
“I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of fed animals.
I don’t delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs,
or of male goats.
who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
Incense is an abomination to me.
New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations:
I can’t stand evil assemblies.
They are a burden to me.
I am weary of bearing them.
Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear.
Your hands are full of blood.
Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes.
Cease to do evil.
Seek justice.
Relieve the oppressed.
Defend the fatherless.
Plead for the widow.”
“Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.
Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
you will eat the good of the land;
for the Yahweh’s mouth has spoken it.”
She was full of justice.
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now there are murderers.
your wine mixed with water.
Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards.
They don’t defend the fatherless,
neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
the Mighty One of Israel, says:
“Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries,
and avenge myself on my enemies.
thoroughly purge away your dross,
and will take away all your tin.
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness,
a faithful town.’
and her converts with righteousness.
and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed.
and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.
and as a garden that has no water.
and his work like a spark.
They will both burn together,
and no one will quench them.”