Isa 1
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The vision which Esaias the son of Amos saw, which he saw against Juda, and against
Jerusalem, in the reign of Ozias, and Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, who reigned
over Judea.
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Hear, O heaven, and hearken, O earth: for the Lord has spoken, saying, I have engendered
and reared up children, but they have Or, «set me at nothing’ rebelled against me.
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The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel does not know me,
and the people has not regarded me.
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Ah sinful nation, a people full of sins, an evil seed, lawless children: you have
forsaken the Lord, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
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Why should you be smitten any more, transgressing more and more? the whole head is
pained, and the whole heart sad.
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From the feet to the head, there is no soundness in them; neither wound, nor bruise,
nor festering ulcer are healed: it is not possible to apply a plaister, nor oil, nor
bandages.
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Your land is desolate, your cities burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it
in your presence, and it is made desolate, overthrown by strange nations.
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The daughter of Sion shall be deserted as a tent in a vineyard, and as a storehouse
of fruits in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
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Ro 9:29 And if the Lord of Sabaoth had not left us a seed, we should have been as Sodom,
and we should have been made like Gomorrha.
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Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodoma; attend to the law of God, you people
of Gomorrha.
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Of what value to me is the abundance of your sacrifices? says the Lord: I am full
of whole-burnt-offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood
of bulls and goats:
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neither shall you come with these to appear before me; for who has required these
things at your hands? You shall no more tread my court.
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Though you bring fine flour, it is vain; incense is an abomination to me; I cannot
bear your new moons, and your sabbaths, and the great day;
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your fasting, and rest from work, your new moons also, and your feasts my soul hates:
you have become loathsome to me; I will no more pardon your sins.
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When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away mine eyes from you: and though
you make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of
blood.
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Wash you, be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes; cease
from your iniquities;
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learn to do well; diligently seek judgement, deliver him whom is suffering wrong,
plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.
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And come, let us reason together, says the Lord: and though your sins be as purple,
I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make them white
as wool.
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And if you be willing, and hearken to me, you shall eat the good of the land:
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but if you be not willing, nor hearken to me, a sword shall devour you: for the mouth
of the Lord has spoken this.
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How has the faithful city Sion, once full of judgement, become a harlot! wherein righteousness
lodged, but now murderers.
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Your silver is worthless, your wine merchants mix the wine with water.
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Your princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards;
not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows.
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Therefore thus says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Woe to the mighty men of Israel;
for my anger shall not cease against mine adversaries, and I will execute judgement
on mine enemies.
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And I will bring my hand upon you, and purge you Gr. to pureness completely, and I will destroy the rebellious, and will take
away from you all transgressors.
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And I will establish your judges as before, and your counsellors as at the beginning:
and afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful mother-city
of Sion.
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For her captives shall be saved with judgement, and with mercy.
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And the transgressors and the sinners shall be crushed together, and they that forsake
the Lord shall be utterly consumed.
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For they shall be ashamed of their idols, which they delighted in, and they are made
ashamed of the gardens which they coveted.
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For they shall be as a turpentine tree that has cast its leaves, and as a garden that
has no water.
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And their strength shall be as a thread of tow, and their works as sparks, and the
transgressors and the sinners shall be burnt up together, and there shall be none
to quench them.