Isaiah 1

1 [the] vision of Isaiah [the] son of Amoz which he saw on Judah and Jerusalem in [the] days of Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah [the] kings of Judah.

The 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.

2 Hear O heavens and give ear O earth for Yahweh he has spoken children I have brought up and I have raised and they they have rebelled against me.

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD has spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

3 It knows an ox owner its and a donkey [the] feeding trough of owner its Israel not it knows people my not it considers carefully.

The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel does not know, my people does not consider.

4 Woe to! - a nation [which] sins a people heavy of iniquity of spring [who] do evil children [who] behave corruptly they have forsaken Yahweh they have spurned [the] holy [one] of Israel they have become estranged back part.

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

5 Concerning what? will you be struck again will you increase? rebellion all [the] head [is] for sickness and all [the] heart [is] faint.

Why should all of you be stricken any more? all of you will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

6 From [the] sole of [the] foot and to [the] head there not in it [is] soundness bruise[s] and welt[s] and wound[s] fresh not they have been pressed out and not they have been bound up and not it has been softened with oil.

From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and rotting sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

7 Land your [is] a desolation cities your [have been] burned fire ground your to before you strangers [are] devouring it and desolation [is] like [the] overthrow of strangers.

Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

8 And she has been left [the] daughter of Zion like a shelter in a vineyard like a watchman's hut in a cucumber field like a city besieged.

And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

9 If not Yahweh of hosts he had left to us survivor[s] like a little like Sodom we were Gomorrah we were like.

Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

10 Hear [the] word of Yahweh O rulers of Sodom give ear to [the] instruction of God our O people of Gomorrah.

Hear the word of the LORD, all of you rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, all of you people of Gomorrah.

11 Why? to me [the] multitude of sacrifices your he says Yahweh I have been surfeited burnt offerings of rams and [the] fat of fatlings and [the] blood of bulls and lambs and goats not I am pleased.

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? says the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

12 If you come to present yourselves presence my who? did he require this from hand your to trample courts my.

When all of you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

13 Not you must repeat to bring an offering of worthlessness incense [is] an abomination it to me new moon and sabbath [the] calling of convocation[s] not I am able to endure wickedness and solemn assembli[es].

Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

14 New moons your and appointed feasts your it hates self my they have become on me a burden I am weary to bear [them].

Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

15 And when spread out you hands your I will hide eyes my from you also for you will multiply prayer not I [will be] hearing hands your blood they are full.

And when all of you spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when all of you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

16 Wash cleanse yourselves remove [the] wickedness of deeds your from before eyes my cease to do evil.

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

17 learn To do good seek justice set right [the] oppressor vindicate [the] fatherless conduct a case for [the] widow.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

18 Come please so let us argue our case together he says Yahweh though they are sins your like scarlet like snow they will become white though they are red like crimson like wool they will be.

Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

19 If you will be willing and you will obey [the] good thing[s] of the land you will eat.

If all of you be willing and obedient, all of you shall eat the good of the land:

20 And if you will refuse and you will rebel [the] sword you will be eaten for [the] mouth of Yahweh it has spoken.

But if all of you refuse and rebel, all of you shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.

21 How! it has become a prostitute a town faithful full of justice righteousness it lodged in it and now murderers.

How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

22 Silver your it has become dross drink your [has been] mixed with water.

Your silver is become dross, your wine mixed with water:

23 Leaders your [are] rebels and companions of thieves all of it [is] loving a bribe and [is] pursuing rewards [the] fatherless not they vindicate and [the] lawsuit of a widow not it comes to them.

Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come unto them.

24 Therefore [the] utterance of the lord Yahweh of hosts [the] mighty one of Israel woe! I will ease myself from foes my and I will avenge myself from enemies my.

Therefore says the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

25 And I will turn hand my on you so I may refine like potash dross your and I will remove all slag your.

And I will turn my hand upon you, and thoroughly purge away your dross, and take away all your tin:

26 And I will restore judges your as at the former [time] and counselors your as at the beginning after thus it will be called to you [the] city of righteousness a town faithful.

And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counsellors as at the beginning: afterward you shall be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

27 Zion with justice it will be redeemed and repentant [ones] its with righteousness.

Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

28 And a crushing of rebels and sinners together and [those who] forsake Yahweh they will come to an end.

And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

29 For they will be ashamed from [the] oaks which you have desired and you may be abashed from the gardens which you have chosen.

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which all of you have desired, and all of you shall be confounded for the gardens that all of you have chosen.

30 For you will be like an oak [which is] withering leafage its and like a garden which water not [belongs] to it.

For all of you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.

31 And he will become the strong [person] tow and work his a spark and they will burn both of them together and there not [will be one who] extinguishes.

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.