Isa 1
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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.
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Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for YHWH has spoken: I have nourished and
brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
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The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master`s crib; [but] Israel does not know,
my people does not consider.
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Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that
deal corruptly! they have forsaken YHWH, they have despised the Holy One of Israel,
they are estranged [and gone] backward.
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Why will you be still stricken, that you revolt more and more? the whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
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From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; [but] wounds,
and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither
mollified with oil.
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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.
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And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden
of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
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Except YHWH of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom,
we should have been like to Gomorrah.
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Hear the word of YHWH, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, you people
of Gomorrah.
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What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says YHWH: I have had enough 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.
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When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample
my courts?
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Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination to me; new moon and sabbath,
the calling of assemblies,- I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.
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Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they are a trouble to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
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And when you spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when you
make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
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Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes;
cease to do evil;
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learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead
for the widow.
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Come now, and let us reason together, says YHWH: though your sins be as scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
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If you be willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land:
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but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of
YHWH has spoken it.
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How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness
lodged in her, but now murderers.
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Your silver is become dross, your wine mixed with water.
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Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loves bribes, and
follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the
widow come to them.
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Therefore says the Lord, YHWH of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease
me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies;
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and I will turn my hand upon you, and thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take
away all your tin;
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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, a faithful town.
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Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.
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But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that
forsake YHWH shall be consumed.
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For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded
for the gardens that you have chosen.
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For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.
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And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn
together, and none shall quench them.