Isaiah 1

1The #ch. 6:1 vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem #Hos. 1:1; Mic. 1:1 in the days of #[2 Kgs. 15:1, 7]; See 2 Chr. 26 Uzziah, #See 2 Kgs. 15:32-38; 2 Chr. 27 Jotham, #ch. 7:1, 3, 10, 12; 14:28; See 2 Kgs. 16; 2 Chr. 28 Ahaz, and #See ch. 37:2–39:8; 2 Kgs. 18-20; 2 Chr. 29–32Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

The Wickedness of Judah

2 # Deut. 32:1; [Deut. 4:26] Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O #Mic. 1:2; 6:2 earth;

for the Lord has spoken:

“Children#1:2 Or Sons; also verse 4 #[Deut. 32:6, 10, 15]have I reared and brought up,

but they have rebelled against me.

3The ox #[Jer. 8:7]knows its owner,

and the donkey its master’s crib,

but Israel does #[Jer. 8:7]not know,

my people do not understand.”

4Ah, sinful nation,

a people laden with iniquity,

# [Matt. 3:7] offspring of evildoers,

children who deal corruptly!

They have forsaken the Lord,

they have #ch. 5:24 despised #See ch. 31:1 the Holy One of Israel,

they are utterly #Ezek. 14:5estranged.

5Why will you still be #Jer. 5:3; [ch. 9:13] struck down?

Why will you #ch. 31:6continue to rebel?

The whole head is sick,

and the whole heart faint.

6 # Ps. 38:3 From the sole of the foot even to the head,

there is no soundness in it,

but bruises and sores

and raw wounds;

they are #[Jer. 8:22]not pressed out or bound up

or softened with oil.

7 # ch. 5:5; 6:11, 12; Deut. 28:51, 52 Your country lies desolate;

your cities are burned with fire;

in your very presence

foreigners devour your land;

it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.

8And #ch. 10:32; 37:22; Zech. 2:10; 9:9 the daughter of Zion is left

like a #Job 27:18booth in a vineyard,

like a lodge in a cucumber field,

like a besieged city.

9 # Lam. 3:22 If the Lord of hosts

had not left us #ch. 10:21, 22; Cited Rom. 9:29 a few survivors,

we should have been like #ch. 13:19; Gen. 19:24, 25Sodom,

and become like #ch. 13:19; Gen. 19:24, 25Gomorrah.

10Hear the word of the Lord,

you rulers of #Ezek. 16:46, 48, 49, 55; [ch. 3:9; Rev. 11:8] #[Deut. 32:32]Sodom!

Give ear to the teaching#1:10 Or law of our God,

you people of #[Deut. 32:32]Gomorrah!

11 # Prov. 15:8; Jer. 6:20; Mal. 1:10; [ch. 66:3]; See 1 Sam. 15:22 “What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?

says the Lord;

I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams

and the fat of well-fed beasts;

I do not delight in the blood of bulls,

or of lambs, or of goats.

12“When you come to #Ex. 23:17; 34:23appear before me,

who has required of you

this trampling of my courts?

13Bring no more vain offerings;

incense is an abomination to me.

# Num. 28:11; 1 Chr. 23:31 New moon and Sabbath and the #Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:36 calling of convocations—

I cannot endure #[Jer. 7:9, 10] iniquity and #See Joel 2:15-17solemn assembly.

14Your #[See ver. 13 above]new moons and your appointed feasts

my soul hates;

they have become a burden to me;

I am weary of bearing them.

15When you #1 Kgs. 8:22 spread out your hands,

I will hide my eyes from you;

# Prov. 1:28; Mic. 3:4 even though you make many prayers,

I will not listen;

# ch. 59:3 your hands are full of blood.

16 # [Jer. 2:22] Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;

remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;

# [1 Pet. 3:11] cease to do evil,

17learn to do good;

# Jer. 22:3 seek justice,

correct oppression;

# [ver. 23; James 1:27] bring justice to the fatherless,

plead the widow’s cause.

18“Come now, #Mic. 6:2; [ch. 43:26] let us reason#1:18 Or dispute together, says the Lord:

though your sins are like scarlet,

they shall be as #Ps. 51:7; [Rev. 7:14]white as snow;

though they are red like crimson,

they shall become like wool.

19 # Deut. 30:15, 16 If you are willing and obedient,

you shall eat the good of the land;

20but if you refuse and rebel,

you shall be eaten by the sword;

# ver. 2; ch. 24:3; 40:5; 58:14; Mic. 4:4; [Num. 23:19] for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

The Unfaithful City

21How the faithful city

# Jer. 2:20; [Ex. 34:15] has become a whore,#1:21 Or become unchaste

# [Jer. 31:23] she who was full of justice!

Righteousness lodged in her,

but now murderers.

22 # [Jer. 6:30; Ezek. 22:18] Your silver has become dross,

your best wine mixed with water.

23Your princes are rebels

and companions of thieves.

Everyone #Mic. 7:3; [Ex. 23:8] loves a bribe

and runs after gifts.

# Jer. 5:28; Zech. 7:10; [ver. 17] They do not bring justice to the fatherless,

and the widow’s cause does not come to them.

24Therefore the #ch. 3:1; 10:33 Lord declares,

the Lord of hosts,

the #Ps. 132:2 Mighty One of Israel:

“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies

# [Deut. 32:41] and avenge myself on my foes.

25 # Ps. 81:14; Amos 1:8; [ch. 5:25] I will turn my hand against you

and will smelt away your #[Ezek. 22:20; Mal. 3:3]dross as with lye

and remove all your alloy.

26And I will restore your judges #Jer. 33:7, 11 as at the first,

and your counselors as at the beginning.

Afterward #[Zech. 8:3]you shall be called the city of righteousness,

the faithful city.”

27 # Jer. 22:3, 4 Zion shall be redeemed by justice,

and those in her who repent, by righteousness.

28 # Job 31:3; Ps. 1:6 But rebels and sinners shall be broken together,

and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

29 # Hos. 4:19 For they#1:29 Some Hebrew manuscripts you shall be ashamed of #ch. 57:5; Hos. 4:13 the oaks

that you desired;

and you shall blush for #ch. 65:3; 66:17the gardens

that you have chosen.

30For you shall be #[Jer. 17:8]like an oak

whose leaf withers,

and like a garden without water.

31And the strong shall become #Judg. 16:9 tinder,

and his work a spark,

and both of them shall burn together,

with #ch. 66:24none to quench them.

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Isaiah 1

1THE VISION OF ISAIAH THE SON OF AMOZ, WHICH HE SAW CONCERNING JUDAH AND JERUSALEM; IN THE DAYS OF UZZIAH, JOTHAM, AHAZ, HEZEEIAH, KINGS OF JUDAH.

2 Hear, O ye heavens; and give ear, O earth:

For Jehovah speaketh.

I have nourished and brought up children;

And they have rebelled against me.

3The ox knoweth his owner,

And the ass his master's crib:

But Israel doth not know;

My people doth not consider.

4Wo to the sinful nation, people laden with iniquity,

Seed of evil-doers, children that are corrupters:

They have forsaken Jehovah,

They have despised the Holy One of Israel;

They are gone away backward.

5Upon what part will ye be smitten any more, should you still revolt?

The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint:

6From the sole of the foot even unto the crown of the head, there is no soundness;

But wounds, and lashes, and fresh stripes:

They have not been pressed out, neither bound up,

Nor mollified with oil.

7Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire;

Your land, strangers devour it before your eyes;

It is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

8And the daughter of Zion is left alone, as a shed in a vineyard;

As a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a city that is saved.

9Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us the smallest remnant,

We had been as Sodom, we had become like unto Gomorrah.

10Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O ye princes of Sodom!

Give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah!

11Why to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah:

I am cloyed with the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts;

And in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats, I have no delight.

12When ye come to appear before me,

Who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

13Bring no more insincere oblation,

Incense! it is an abomination unto me;

The new moon, the sabbath, and the proclaiming of an assembly,

I cannot endure: it is iniquity, even the solemn assembly.

14Your new moons, and your appointed festivals, my soul hateth:

They are a burden unto me; I am weary of bearing them.

15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you;

Even when ye multiply prayer, I will not hear:

Your hands are full of blood.

16Wash ye, make ye clean;

Remove ye far away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes;

Cease to do evil:

17Learn to do good; seek after justice; correct the evil-doer;

Do justice to the orphan; plead for the widow.

18Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah:

Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow;

Though they be red as crimson, they shall be as wool.

19If ye be willing and obedient,

Ye shall eat the good of the land;

20But if ye refuse and rebel,

Ye shall be devoured with the sword:

For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

21How is the faithful city become an harlot!

She that was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in her;

But now murderers!

22Thy silver is become dross;

Thy wine mixed with water.

23Thy princes are rebellious, and associates of robbers;

Every one of them loveth a bribe, and hunteth after rewards:

For the orphan they procure no justice;

And the cause of the widow cometh not before them.

24Wherefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the mighty One of Israel:

Ah! I will ease me of mine adversaries,

And avenge me of mine enemies.

25And I will direct mine hand against thee,

And entirely melt out thy dross,

And remove all thy tin:

26And I will restore thy judges, as at the first;

And thy counsellors, as at the beginning: Afterward thou shalt be called,

The town of righteousness, the faithful city.

27Zion shall be redeemed with judgment,

And those that return unto her, with righteousness.

28But the destruction of revolters and of sinners shall be together;

And they that forsake Jehovah shall perish.

29Then shall men be ashamed of the grove of teberinths, which are your delight;

And ye shall blush for the gardens, which ye have loved:

30For ye shall be as the teberinth, whose leaves are withered;

And as a garden, wherein there is no water.

31The powerful shall become as tow,

And his work as a spark of fire;

And they shall burn both of them together; and none shall quench them.

Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.

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